171 
iSf 
Tab. 94. Fig. 788-791* 
Ex Mufeo Spengleriano et noftro. 
S)cr fc^uppenoDtte Sbiton. 
Chiton fquamofus Linnaei. 
Petiver Gazophyl. tab. i, fig. 3. Ofcabrion Carolinianus perelegans fqua- 
mis bifarianr variegatus. 
Sloane Hifi:, lamaic. com. 2. p. 233. no. xi. Patella oblonga artirulata arti- 
culis (triatis extus fubfufcis intus e viridi caeruleis, This which fticks 
to Rocks under the Sea water in lamaica after the manner of Limpets, 
is about two Inches long one broad made up of eight Pieces or loints 
laid over one another. Each of the fix middlemofl: loints is ftriated 
two Ways on each Side and fmooth in the Top or Middle of a dark 
brown colour above and bluish green under neath. The whole Mar- 
gin is made up of a skin on which are many round rais ’d points, which 
are alfo on the firfi: and lafi: loint of the Shell. 1 found it of Several 
magnitudes ftickning to the Rocks under Water on the North • — fide 
of the Island of lamaica — I have had loints of it from Nieves. 
Dargenville Conchyl. tab. 25:. fig. L. Lepas a huit cotes venant de la Ca- 
roline. Ofcabrion Carolinum vient de l’Amerique et fe prend für les 
cotes de la grande Anfe Isle de St. Domingue. 
Seba thef. locupl. tom.,2. tab. 61. fig. 3. Mitelia balani fpecies vivo pifci*. 
culo gravida, feu Ofcabrion Carol, in Petiv. Gazophylacip. 
Davila Cat. raif tom. I. no. 909. Ofcabrion de St. Domingue gris cendrd 
en dehors et chagrine für fes bords. 
LiNNiEi Sylt. Nat. Edit. 12. no. 5. p. 1107. Chiton fquamofus, tella odlo- 
valvi femifiriata corpore fquamulofo. Habitat in Indiis. 
«— — Muf. Reg. Lud. Vir. no. i. pag.465. tefta ovali oblonga, 
valde convexa, dorfata, valvulis 8 transverfis, in medio poftice fub«. 
angulatis, latere poftico in formara lanceolatam utrinque ftriatis et po- 
Rico margine verfijs latera pundlis aliquot nigris notatis. Subtus feu 
intus tefta eft viridi caerulea, Corpus animalculi tedlum corio fqua- 
mofo fquamis minutifilmis fubimbricatis ovatis albis. 
IBefc^dftfgungett «aturfi)rfd)cnt)en ^reunbc igerlin tom. i. tab. 7. fig.L.M. 
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