f i 9Si )■ 
'l^m^fiMe^fUces more branched. I take this to be <^ Carol fna^ 
■Grk\% ''but ate not certain^ however in the interim it maj be 
i^fiimulfbeA by the tiamz-of the Vermicular Red Crab. 
- 4. "The 5 heUd CAROLINA Sea-Vrchin or Fritter: 
d'lmus compreffus CAROL. &c. Mufei Nojl,ii^^ Fig. 
' ■ ' Whis is a mry fnguUr Animal^ having, 5 oblong perforati* 
ens thro the body of the Shelly viz. j\.againji as manj points of 
a 5 ra/d Star^ lji^?g in the midfi of the Shell ^ the other is 
flaced between two of its beams ^ as may be plainly Jeen and' 
underjlood by my Figure thefe are of different magnitudts^ 
having fern themfromlefs than 2 inches to almojl 4 diameter^ 
and this laji, in the md(i^ where its thicke[i exceeds not half 
an inch^ and gradually to its edges^^ which ate thinner than a 
Shilling.' 
I am obliged to my very generous Friend Dr Lifter for the- 
Jirjl of thefe wonderful Animals^ and very lately to Madam 
Willia ms, - a Gentleivoman whom J am alfo highly obliged tq^, 
for mojt of ihi^ following Shells^ viz. 
Sedt. IL !BiValVeSj of which kind are Schollops-^ 
Cockles^ Oyfiers^ Mufcles^ &c. in mentioning thefe 
. ^Jjid .other Tribes^ I fhall follow the accir^atc Or- 
dtr-.of Dr Li/iers Htjhry of Shells. 
5, Mytulus.CAROLlN. latusftriis rugofis« 
An Fechincfilus ftrijs planis & dentatis infigoitus Lijiey 
Vn£t: Conchyl. L, 16. g>< Tab. 242. Fig.rZj ? Thefe, vury in^ 
btgncfs 5 a valve of the largefl^ which was.^,2 inches, 'long and 
thr&e'qvidarters broad, weigh^-'^tx]^.* Jhe, ^iaf(:..lies.fijthc 
midfi of its hinge ^ the Str 'm ^are f at and milled^ like the 
edges of a - S lulling-: each Val^ is§'attifb a^ -"'.^ ■ ' . and 
compofed o; . i furrows. My^^4te kh-'d-t'^' berc 
hcknobis. Peftunculus denlL u.iatus, 
Quali Sc iinao^. LiO:- Conch, L 3, Tab. '2:9. Fig^ 64. 
This 
