39© ACCOUNT OF 



Anomta. 



3. striata. P. D. M. Plentiful, Aberlady Bay. 



This shell for a iong time 

 was believed to be an oy- 

 ster ; but having taken a 

 great number alive, i am 

 con ident in saying it be- 

 longs to the Anomia ge ius, 

 of which my friends Messrs 

 Donovan and Montagu are 

 now fully convinced. 



3, aculeata. M. Not uncommon, Dunbar. 



I have g eat reason, from 

 comparison, to believe 

 this is the fry of the Lst 

 spe ies. 



4. cymbiformis. M. A new species, first noticed 



in the Linnean Transac- 

 tions, by Mr Racket and 

 Dr Maton. S nee which 

 time I have met with it 

 at Newhaven, and dredged 

 it in Leith Roads ; and I 

 have taken a very deep 

 ribbed specimen from- 

 Dunbar. A scarce shell. 



MYTILUS. 



Animal an Ascidia. Shell bivalve, rough, gene- 

 rally affixed by a byssus or beard of silky fila- 

 ments. Hinge mostly without teeth, except in 



