Genus XXII. Spondylus, 
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Madrepora Virginea, very young; t. pale red and white, very 
young, on the fame kind of coral; u. fcarlet, pink, and white, with 
long pink curved fpines, on which are three of Serpula Albida, 
See Species 3*,; v. the fame variety, except the Serpulae and that 
it adheres to a Madrepora Virginea; w. a large, broad, dark red, 
yellow and pink, with fhort Ipines on the upper, and large folia- 
tions and long fpines on the under valve, which adheres to a 
Madrepora Virginea. The ears are alfo thick fet with fpines; x. a 
beautiful group of 'four fmall ones, differently coloured; y. two 
large, one principally white, the other moftly fcarlet, naturally 
faftened together, and to a Madrepora Virginea. Thefe are alfo 
enriched with adhefions of Balani, a Serpula, and a fmall purple 
variety of L»ot&a ^Bicolor; z. a clufter of two large fcarlet and 
white, and a very fmall fcarlet one with other adhefions — L’Arme 
— Armed — St. Domingo — Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & 
Soland. 
1022. Croceus — Le Safran Colore — Saffron Coloured — Marti, 
nique — Very rare. Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. 
1023. Purpureus — a. light coloured; b. with a Serpula adhering; 
c. having a foliated under valve; d. dark coloured; e. dark colour- 
ed, adhering to a Madrepora Fiexuofa; f. dark coloured, with a 
very long beak, and adhering to an old upper valve of another 
fhell of the fame fpecies — Le Pourpre — Purple — Mediterranean — • 
Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. 
1024. Rufus — La Rouge et Jaune — Red and Yellow — EafI 
Indies — Spondylus Gaederopus var Linn. & Soland. 
^1025. Pica — La Pie — Pied — Eaft Indies — Spondylus Gaedera- 
pus A Linn. & Soland. 
1 026. Palmatus — Les Pointes Appiatis — Broad Spined — China — 
Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. Rare. 
1027. Virgatus — La Rayee — Striped — China — Spondylus Ga- 
deropus var. Linn, &: Soland. Rare. 
1028. Undatus — L’Ondulee — Waved — Tranquebar? — Spondy- 
lus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. Extremely fcarce. 
1029. Hyftrix — a. white and orange, mottled with black, in 
different Rages of growth, 1. with a lar^ beak ; b. orange, large; 
c. white, mottled and rayed with pink, natnrally fixed to a Madre- 
pore; a young one; d. white, pink, and orange, mottled with 
purple, and having fome of its fpines and folia; longer than ufual, 
young; e. pale colour, with purple fpines — Le Pore Epic — Por- 
cupine — China — Spondylus GaederopmHLinn. & Soland, Ex- 
tremely fcarce. 
Division* 
