Chap. XI.] LIST OF CEYLON SHELLS. 



395 



imperialis, Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 textile, Linn. Syst. Nat. 

 terebra. Born, Test. Must. Cass. Vind. 

 tessellatus, Born, Test. Mus. Cass. Vind. 

 augur, Bruguiere, Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 obesus, Bruguiere, Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 araneosus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 gubernator, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 monile, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 nimbosus, Brug. Encycl. M£th. Vers, 

 eburneus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 vitulinus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 quercinus, Brug. Encycl. Men. Vers, 

 lividus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 

 Omaria, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 

 Maldivus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 nocturnus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 

 Ceylonensis, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers, 

 arenatus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 

 Nicobaricus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 



glans, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 



Amadis, Chemn. Conch. Cab. 



punctatus, Chemn. Conch. Cab. 



minimus, Beeve (as of Linn.), C. Icon. 



terminus, Lam. Anirn. s. Vert. 



lineatus, Chemn. Conch. Cab. 



episcopus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 



verriculum, Beeve, Conch. Cab. 



zonatus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 



rattus, Brug. En. Mth. V. (teste Chemn.) 



pertusus, Brug. Encycl. Meth. Vers. 



Nussatella, Linn. Syst. Nat. 



lithoglyphus, Brug. En. Meth. Vers. 4 



tulipa, Linn. Syst. Nat. 



Ammiralis, var. Linn, teste Brug. 

 Spirula Peronii, Lam. Anim. s. Vert. 

 Sepia Hieredda, Bang. M. Z. ser.i. p. 100. 

 Sepioteuthis, Sp. 

 Loligo, Sp. 



A conclusion not unworthy of observation may be 

 deduced from this catalogue ; namely, that Ceylon was 

 the unknown, and hence unacknowledged, source of 

 almost every extra-European shell which has been 

 described by Linnaeus without a recorded habitat. This 

 fact gives to Ceylon specimens an importance which can 

 only be appreciated by collectors and the students of 

 Mollusca. 



2. RAM ATA. 



The eastern seas are profusely stocked with radiated 

 animals, but it is to be regretted that they have as yet 

 received but little attention from English naturalists. 

 Eecently, however, Dr. Kelaart has devoted himself to 

 the investigation of some of the Singhalese species, and 

 has published his discoveries in the Journal of the 

 Ceylon Branch of the Asiatic Society for 1856-8. Our 

 information respecting the radiata on the confines of the 

 island is, therefore, very scanty ; with the exception of 

 the genera 1 examined by him. Hence the notice of this 

 extensive class of animals must be limited to indicating 



1 Actinia, 9 sp. ; Anthea, 4 sp. ; 1 sp. ; Peechea, 1 sp. ; Zoanthura, 

 Actinodendron, 3 sp. ; Dioscosoma, 1 sp. 



