FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Trochus ziziphinus_, which the reader will see figured in the

upper right corner of Plate I.

[2] _Phasianella pullus._

[3] _Conch. Syst._ ii. 252.

[4] _Leç. Elém._ 188.

[5] _Nassa incrassata._

[6] _Nassa reticulata._ A figure of this species is seen in the lower

left corner of Plate I.

[7] _Aporrhais pes-pelicani_, which the reader will see figured in the

centre of Plate I.

[8] _Cypræa Europæa_, which is delineated in the lower right corner of

Plate I.

[9] _Pecten opercularis_, of which see a group in Plate II.

[10] Parnell’s “Hermit.”

[11] For a description of the mode in which this action is performed,

see _Devonshire Coast_, p. 50, _et seq._

[12] Quin died in 1766. Montagu, in 1803, says of this Pecten, that

“it is known by the name of Frills or Queens,” with no allusion to the

actor. The term “frill” obviously refers to the form of the shell.

[13] The principal figure in Plate III. represents this species

(_Pentacta pentactes_) in the expanded condition described in the text.

[14] _Sipunculus punctatissimus_, figured in Plate III., to the left.

[15] _Sipunculus Bernhardus._

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