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ihefe m add the following Shells, rchicb the Reverend 
George Lewis fent me very lately pom Fort St George. 
\ B t feaen MA'DRAS?ATAN\JS indtqudh alhm^ nchuilt 
ii<^.H.c!'L.\. qfp^rjis. an Pe£ten variegat7/s^^it\]% (:\tdx^i iSmajufculis donatusr 
Tab. i7P. Ujl, Eitt.On^hy/^ Lib, 3. Tab. lyf.Fig. 16. Thisis ^v/hitQ Scha//i>p 
with hrownCheJhut Clouds, is pretty round, being as broad as lon^ 
vik. I i inch, its Ears I broad unequal, viz. one bigger then the other, 
its compofed of about 1 8 Stri^ as -Dr Lifters is. 
s. 5. 7. 2, 2 Mytului ftriati/s M ADRy^SPAT. angujlm. 
rabf^' ^^'^^ ^^^^^ fometimes fiCar 2 inches long, the hing of wkich is 
- '^^^' I and its oblong, but rounder at the nofe end, and nacre pointed 
^ at the other, it feems to be that which Dr Lifter has figured without 
any Name, in his 3d Book Tab. 232. at No 66, weighs fomething 
lefs then a Dram. 
Under the denomination of Mytulus I rank fuch Shells as have a 
long hing with many fmall furrows, and are fomewhai Oval. Thefe 
Dr ViQcr in hisH/JI. CenchyL Lib. SeS. 2. cap. i. f/^/vz-^-x under; 
the Title of PeSunculi polyleftoginglymi margine cx altera paru 
froiuUiore. 
7,. Mytulus ftriatus MADRAS? AT. latus. 
s. B. J, y. A Shell of I inch and 1^1 ong. 1 \ broad from the hing, which is 
r long, its very like the laft but much wider, it weighs better then 
a Dram. 
4. Fedunculusyidiix'i^^ztm.* variegatr^ crajfth'^ firijs lateralibm. 
7. 4. an ?eBuncultis ex rufo variegatus, ftriis tenuibiis Lift. KC*L y Tab. 
tin-, //. CsL. t. r" ^ o ? J 
M. 310. Fi£. 9ro- rig. 146. 
'i^' This is thick and round, its an inch and \ trom the Hing to it? 
oppofite fide, and 2 inches from end to end, its marbled with brown, 
the peculiarity of this Shell, is its ftria! in the middle from the back 
to each fide. This weigbedl^ 9ij, but they differ according to 
their bignefs. 
5;. Pectuncuh-^s Madrafpatan. crajfm^ vulgar k facie maculk 
milix.Li crocek. an FeSunculus tnaculatus majoribm ftr'tjs confpcui^ 
Tah. i^oirxg,' jj^Q 1. Tab. 320. Fig. 146. This has the face and 
magnitude of our Comm/i fmall edible Cockle^ but much ftrong- 
er, "thicker and fpotted with yellow. Some of thefe weigh above 
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