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PHILOSOPHICAL 
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I. An Account of the Pholas Conoides, by 
J. Parfons, M* D, F. R, 
Read Jan. lo, "I" D O myfelf the honor of laying be- 
' X* learned Society a fpecies of 
Pholas, very little known, and but feldom feen 
among the naturalifts', being the firft of them that 
has come to my hands. [Vid. Tab. I.] 
This Ihell is pivflurcd by RurnphtuSy and called 
by the name of Pholas lignorum j in Dutch, Hout^ 
Mojfely Wood Mufcle, becaufe it is found burrowed 
in timber. The fpecimen before you is one of" 
infinite numbers that were thus bedded in the keel 
of a Spani/h Ihip, which was brought from the 
Weft-Indies, a piece of which accompanies the' 
fh^ll, to Ihew' how they lie in wood, ftone, or 
any other hard bodies, that entertain them. Buf 
this name is altogether too vague and uncertain, 
unlefs it could be alferted that this is the only kind 
that inhabits pieces '-of wood: for every fpecies of 
Vol.lv. B Pholas 
