THE 
EARED BARNACLE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Animal a Triton. 
Shell multivalve, with unequal valves, affixed 
by the base. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, iHc. 
Brown membranaceous pedunculated BARNA¬ 
CLE, with auriculated appendages. 
Auriculated BARNACLE. 
This species is a native of the northern ocean, and 
seems to have been described by Mr. Ellis in the Phi¬ 
losophical Transadions. Like others of this genus, 
it adheres to various marine substances j and the indi¬ 
viduals on the present plate are represented adhering 
to a larger species, called from its figure Lepas Dia- 
dema. 
