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C O N C H 
; outer one finely grooved, and 
Atlantic and South leas. 
afeenfionis. 
Uneala. 
’veiytco/or. 
pica. 
cojlata . 
rjuadri- 
t'olor. 
maiaccen- 
Jis.- 
antilia- 
ratn. 
above ; both lips white 
(lightly- toothed within. 
57. N. with 16 white grooves; ribs fpotted with 
white ; crown a little prominent ; outer lip glabrous 
on each fde ; inner one concave, yellowifh and toothed. 
Afcenfion illand ; a large (hell. 
98. N. mouth and lips white ; whirls round, fur- 
rounded with black, parallel driae ; outer lip (Iriated 
within. Malacca feas. 
159. N. with blackifti bluifh, red and white fquare 
fpots, and bands, fpotted with red and white 5 inner lip 
(Iriated within, and toothed on each fde. Antilles iflands. 
60. N. white, radiated with black without llrise 
tranfverfe, rounded, fmooth ; inner lip wrinkled and 4- 
toothed. Indian feas. 
61. N. yellowifh within, fubglobular, furrounded 
with thicker driae ; interflices l'nowy ; lips white, tooth- 
ed ; outer one crenated without. Nicobar itlands. 
62. N. fubviolet with a yellowith tip ; white within, 
w ith elevated black driae; lips toothed; outer one 
groovtd within 5 inner one wrinkled. Red fea. 
63. N. grooved, yelloivifli within $ crown a little 
prominent j outer lip unarmed and crenulated outward- 
ly ; inner lip yellowilh, fmooth. Malacca. 
64. N. fubglobular, black •, white within ; grooved 
and (Iriated ; lips wrinkled and denticulated. Antilles 
iilands. 
f.ammea. 
jit Igor a ns. 
hifafciata. 
65. N. fubglobular, with croivded tranfverfe firise ; 
white, with purplifh undulated rays; outer lip grooved 
within ; inner lip w rinkled above. 
66. N. fubglobular, with crowded tranfverfe Arise ; 
deep black -with ochraeeous rays j lip (lightly denticu- 
lated ; inner one tuberculated in the middle. Ameri 
can iflands. 
67. - N. obtufe, tranfverfely firiated ; the driae mark- 
ed with nearly fquare black and white fpots ; both 
lips denticulated ; outer lip {lightly firiated within, 
inner lip with one or two teeth ; concave, glabrous, 
and denticulated beneath. Iflands between Africa and 
America. 
68. N.. blackifn with 2 gray, bands 5 crown white. 
India. 
literaia. 
uicdacea. 
fenega- 
itnjis . 
promon~ 
torn, 
tricolor . 
perverfa. 
turrit a, 
acu’eata. 
69. N. fubglobular, white, with various- charaftcrs ; 
inner lip crenulated, toothed. India. 
70. N. ovate, folia, fmooih, violet dotted with white 5 
inner lip denticulated beneath. 
71. N. ovate, obtufe,. deep black. 5 whirls 3, the 
firli turgid, with 25-— 30 grooves ; the twu others very 
minute*, 1 inch broad. Senegal. 
72. N. black, ovate, pointed ; whirls 3, with 30 
grooves ; left lip wrinkled. Africa. 
73. N. variegated with red, black, and white ; right 
lip with 10 teeth •, left lip glabrous, with three large 
emarginated teeth ;■ 9 lines long* 
74. N. furrounded with belts ; fpire reverfed ; aper- 
ture 8-toothed. Found only -in a foflil (late. 
75. N. bands alternately white and black ; within 
white ;, crown much elevated ; outer lip acute ; whirls 
4. Fre(h waters in Antilles iflands. 
76. N. blackifh, tranfverfely filiated 5 the driae fpi- 
nous ; inner lip flattilh, fmooth, and (lightly toothed. 
India. 
,.> 9 Gen. 31. Haliotis, Sea-ear. 
flahotis. J } 
Ccti. Char , — The animal is a limax ; the (hell is uni- 
O L G G Y. 
valve, dilated, ear-fliaped, with a longitudinal row of 
orifices along the furface ; fpire lateral and nearly 
concealed. 
Species. 
1. H. Midas' 1 ear j roundifli, both fdes poliflied ; midee, - 
orifices from 8 to 10 •, 7 to 9 .inches long, Indian 
ocean, Cape of Good Hope. 
2. H. fubovate ; oulfide tranfverfely grooved, rug- tubercu- 
ged and tuberculated ; wrinkles on the outfide undula- lata. 
ted. The inner margin of the fliell has a ridge the whole 
length, which terminates in one fpiral turn at the end. 
This ridge is befet with tubercles, the laft 6 of which, - 
or from 6 to 9, are open. The infide is open, con- 
cave, and of a beautiful mother-of-pearl : the length, i? 
from 3 to 4 inches*; breadth from 2 to 3. It is found 
on the fliores in tiie fouth of England, after violent 
dorms. It is common in the illand of Guernfey, ad- 
hering to the rocks at the lowed ebb. The fifh is eat- 
en by the inhabitants, and the common people adorn 
their houfes, with the fhells, by dieting them on the 
outfide with plader. 
3 - H. ovate, ferruginous, tranfverfely wrinkled, an ifriata, 
longitudinally (Iriated ; 4 or 5 orifices open. Afia, 
Barb ary. 
4. H. ovate, longitudinally driated ; larger Pinxvariu. 
tuberculated ; orifices 20 to 30 ; 4 or 5 open. India. 
5. H. oval, longitudinally driated, with obfolete tnartna. 
tranfverfe ones ; orifices about 30, 4 or 3 open ; 2 to 4 rata. 
inches long. . Africa, India. 
6. 'H. offes ear ; fmoothifh, oblong; margin feme- afnuni. 
what falcated ; nerves on the outfide elevated ; orifices • 
about 30, 5 to 7 open ; 3 inches long. India. 
7. H. ovate, red, with an elevated angle on Ctse parva. 
belly ; orifices 30, 4 or 3 open. Africa, India. 
8. H. ovate, greenifti, fpotted with brown ; dri tt biftriata, 
elevated, double, tranfverfe ; 6 orifices open. Africa. 
9. H. varied with gray, bluifh, and red; ovate ; aujirali?*' 
fpire prominent, inflated ; 7 to 9 orifices open ; 3 inches 
long. New Zealand. 
10. H. ovate, fomewliat convex, folid, with decu guineenjh, 
fated driae ; orifices flattened ; 6 open ; i\. inches long. 
. Guinea. 
11. H. ovate; imperforated, with prickly ribs ; fpire imperfo- 
exferted ; 1 inch long. India. Extremely rare. rata. 
x 2. H. ovate, imperforated ; margin oblique above, perverfa* 
and tuberculated within ; fpire reverfed ; .■£ inch long. 
Foflil. 
13. H. tranfverfely plaited on the outfide ; margin plicata, 
broad, thick, and’ finely driated longitudinally ; Tinch 
long-. Foflil near Hildefia. 
14. H. ovate,, fmoothifh, folid; varied with white glabra, 
and green ; 6 orifices open ; inches long. 
x 5. H. roundifli, varied with.rofy and white ; outer pule her- 
lip crenated; orifices 30, 6 pervious; 7 lines long. rima. 
South fea iflands. 
16. H. ovate, with decollated undulated driae; un -virginea, 
der fide, iridefeent: 6 orifices open.; xi inch long. New 
Zealand.. 
17. H. fuborbicular, •dtpreffed, wrinkled; varied ovina. 
with white, chefnut, and yellewifh} orifices in the 
middle pervious. 
18. H. oval, rugged, varied with white and red ’,gfgantea, 
fpotted ; inner lip with a v.ery broad margin , 3 to 7 
orifices open. 
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