»71 
■ g_ ' 7 V "TC— ,l ^— 1 
Tab. 94 . Fig. 7SS-79 1 - 
Ex Mufeo Spengleriano et noftro. 
£>et fd)uppem?olie Sfyiton. 
Chiton fquamofus Linnaei. 
Petiver Gazophyl. tab. 1. fig. 3. Ofcabrion Carolinianus perelegans fqua- 
mis bifariatn variegatus. 
Sloane Hirt, lamaic. tora. 2. p.233. no.xi. Patella oblonga articulata arti- 
culis ftriatis extus fubfufcis intus e viridi caeruleis. This which fticks 
to Rocks under the Sea water in lamaica after the manner ofLimpets, 
is about two Inches long one broad made up of eight Pieces or loints 
laid over one another. Each of the fix middlemoft 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¬ 
gen is made up of a skin on which are many round rais ’d points, which 
are alfo on the firft and laft Ioint of the Shell. I found it of Several 
magnitudes rtickning 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. tora. 2. tab. 61. fig. 3. Mitelia balani fpecies vivo pifci- 
culo gravida, feu Ofcabrion Carol. in Petiv. Gazophylacio. 
D AVILA Cat. raif. tom.l. no.909. Ofcabrion de St. Domingue gris cendre 
en dehors et chagrine für fes bords. 
LinNjEI Syrt. Nat. Edit. 12. no.5. p. 1107. Chiton fquamofus, tefta ofta- 
valvi femiftriata corpore fquamulofo. Habitat in Indiis. 
— — Muf. Reg. Lud. Vir. no. 1. pag. 465.-- tefta ovali oblonga, 
valde convexa, dorfata, valvulis 8 transverfis, in medio poftice fub- 
angulatis, latere poftico in formam lanceolatam utrinque ftriatis et po- 
ftico margine verfus latera punftis aliquot nigris notatis. Subtus feu 
intus tefta eft viridi caerulea. Corpus animalculi te&um corio fqua- 
mofo fquamis minutiflimis fubimbricatis ovatis albis. 
35 ef$dftigunjien l>cr iiöttm'orfdKttöen Steunbe ju Berlin tom. 1. tab. 7. fig.L.M. 
pag.3i7feq. wo tot föiaftocftwlttt ©peuglcv Ucn einnjeit flc&hjlie* 
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