Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and eBook

James Emerson Tennent
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 892 pages of information about Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and.

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and eBook

James Emerson Tennent
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 892 pages of information about Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and.

[Footnote 12:  L. divaricata is found, also, in mixed Ceylon collections.]

[Footnote 13:  C. dispar of Chemnitz is occasionally found in Ceylon collections.]

[Footnote 14:  C. impudica, Lam.]

[Footnote 15:  As Donax.]

[Footnote 16:  V. corbis, Lam.]

[Footnote 17:  As Tapes.]

[Footnote 18:  V. textile, Lam.]

[Footnote 19:  ?  Arca Helblingii, Chemn.]

[Footnote 20:  Mr. Cuming informs me that he has forwarded no less than six distinct Uniones from Ceylon to Isaac Lea of Philadelphia for determination or description.]

[Footnote 21:  M. smaragdinus, Chemn.]

[Footnote 22:  As Avicula.]

[Footnote 23:  The specimens are not in a fitting state for positive determination.  They are strong, extremely narrow, with the beak of the lower valve much produced, the inner edge of the upper valve denticulated throughout.  The muscular impressions are dusky brown.]

[Footnote 24:  An Anomia.]

[Footnote 25:  The fissurata of Humphreys and Dacosta, pl. 4—­E. rubra, Lamarck.]

[Footnote 26:  B. Ceylanica, Brug.]

[Footnote 27:  P. Tennentii.  “Greyish brown, with longitudinal rows of rufous spots, forming interrupted bands along the sides.  A singularly handsome species, having similar habits to Limax.  Found in the valleys of the Kalany Ganga, near Ruanwelle.”—­Templeton MSS.]

[Footnote 28:  Not far from bistrialis and Ceylanica.  The manuscript species of Mr. Dohrn will shortly appear in his intended work upon the land and fluviatile shells of Ceylon.]

[Footnote 29:  As Ellobium.]

[Footnote 30:  As Melampus.]

[Footnote 31:  As Ophicardelis.]

[Footnote 32:  M. fasciolata, Olivier.]

[Footnote 33:  These four species are included on the authority of Mr. Dohrn.]

[Footnote 34:  N. exuvia, Lam. not Linn.]

[Footnote 35:  Conch.  Cab. f. 1926-7, and N. melanostoma, Lam. in part.]

[Footnote 36:  Chemn, Conch.  Cab, 1892-3.]

[Footnote 37:  N. glaucina, Lam. not Linn.]

[Footnote 38:  Not of Lamarck.  D. atrata. Reeve.]

[Footnote 39:  Philippia L.]

[Footnote 40:  Zeit.  Mal. 1846 for T. argyrostoma, Lam. not Linn.]

[Footnote 41:  Buccinum pyramidatum, Gm. in part:  B. sulcatum, var.  C. of Brug.]

[Footnote 42:  Teste Cuming.]

[Footnote 43:  As Delphinulat.]

[Footnote 44:  P. papyracea, Lam. In mixed collections I have seen the Chinese P. bezoar of Lamarck as from Ceylon.]

[Footnote 45:  P. vespertilio, Gm.]

[Footnote 46:  R. albivaricosa, Reeve.]

[Footnote 47:  M. anguliferus var. Lam.]

Copyrights
Project Gutenberg
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.