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790. Purpureus — a. Native ftate ; b. uncqated and polifhed — 
La Poupree — Purple — Falkland Iflands — Mytilus Bidens Soland. 
791. Rufticus — La Ruftique, ou Le Lilas — Ruftic, or Lilach — 
Norway — Mytilus Modiolus Linn. Mytilus Rufticus Soland. 
792. Tulipa. — a . Striped — La Tulippe — Tulip — Weft Indies 
• — Mytilus Modiolus Linn. 
793. Angulatus — L’Angulaire — Angulated — Philipine Iflands. 
794. Flavicans — La Jaunatre Yellow — -Weft Indies — Mytilus 
Flavicans Soland. 
795. Ornatus— L’Qrnee — Pencilled — China — Mytilus Ornatus 
Linn. 
796. Lanatus — La Fileufe de L’Aine — Wool-Spinner — New 
Zealand — Mytilus Difcors var. Soland. 
797. Lithophagus — a. Native ftate ; b. uncoated and polifhed 
— La Litophage, ou Mangeufe de Pierre — Stone-eater— Mediter- 
ranean— Mytilus Lithophagus Linn. The animals of this fpecies 
fcoop out hollows in fiones juft big enough to contain their fhell, 
and in which they refide, receiving their nourifhment from that 
part of the cavity firft began, which is on the outfide of- the ftone. 
They alfo make like hollows in other fhells. 
798. Brunneus — La Brunette — Brown — Eaft Indies? — Mytilus 
Brunneus Soland. This alfo lives in ftones, &c. like the laft 
fpecies. 
Genus III. SOLEN — Eclisse — Splint. 
# 7gg. Siliqua — La Code, ou GoufTe — Pod — Normandy— Solen 
Stliqua Linn. 
800. Curvatus — La Courbee — Curved — Normandy. 
801. Ends — Le Cimcterre — Cimeter — Normandy— Solen Enfis 
Linn. 
802. Vagina — Le Foureau — Sheath — Eaft Indies — Solen Vagina 
Linn. 
803. Notatus — L’Entaillee — Notched — Normandy — Solen Pal- 
lidus Soland. 
804. Cultellus — Le Couteau — Knife — Amboyna — Solen Cul- 
tellus Linn. Extremely fcarce. 
805. Radiatus — La Rayee — Radiated— China — Solen Radiatus 
Linn. 
806. Legumen — La Cofle de Pois — Peafcod — Mediterranean — 
Solen Legumen Linn. 
807. Violaceus — Le Baquet Violet — Violet Tray— Tranquebar 
• — Solen Violaceus Soland. 
808. Plebeius — L’Ordinaire — Common — Guinea — Solen Ple- 
beius Soland. 
809. Strigilatus — L’Etrille — Currycomb — Mediterranean — So- 
kn Strigilatus Linn. 
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