Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and: Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and; Productions, Volume 1Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
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Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and: Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and; Productions, Volume 1
Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka
imperialis, _Linn_. Syst. Nat.
textile, _Linn_. Syst. Nat.
terebra, _Born_, Test. Mus. Cæs. Vind.
tessellatus, _Born_, Test. Mus. Cæs. Vind.
Augur, _Bruguiere_, Encycl. Méth. Vers.
obesus, _Bruguiere_ Encycl. Méth. Vers.
araneosus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
gubernator, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
monile, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
nimbosus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
eburneus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
vitulinus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
quercinus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
lividus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
Omaria, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
Maldivus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
nocturnus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
Ceylonensis, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
arenatus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
Nicobaricus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
glans, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
Amadis, _Chemn_. Conch. Cab.
punctatus, _Chemn_. Conch. Cab.
minimus, _Reeve_ (as of _Linn_.), Conch. Icon.
terminus, _Lam_. Anim. s. Vert.
lineatus, _Chemn_. Conch. Cab.
episcopus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
verriculum, _Reeve_, Conch. Cab.
zonatus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
rattus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers. (teste _Chemn_.)
pertusus, _Brug_. Encycl. Méth. Vers.
Nussatella, _Linn_. Syst. Nat.
lithoglyphus, _Brug_. En. Méth. Vers.[59]
tulipa, _Linn_. Syst. Nat.
Ammiralis, _var. Linn,_ teste _Brug._
Spirula Peronii, _Lam_. Anim. s. Vett.
Sepia Hieredda, _Rang_. Magas, Zool, ser. i. p. 100.
Sepioteuthis, _Sp_.
Loligo, _Sp_.
[Footnote 1: A. dichotomum, _Chenu_.]
[Footnote 2: Fistulana gregata, _Lam_.]
[Footnote 3: Blainvillea, _Hupé_.]
[Footnote 4: Latraria tellinoides, _Lam_.]
[Footnote 5: I have also seen M. hians of Philippi in a Ceylon
collection.]
[Footnote 6: M. Taprobanensis, _Index Test. Suppl_.]
[Footnote 7: Psammotella Skinneri, _Reeve_.]
[Footnote 8: P. cærulescens, _Lam_.]
[Footnote 9: Sanguinolaria rugosa, _Lam_.]
[Footnote 10: T. striatula of Lamarck is also supposed to be indigenous
to Ceylon.]
[Footnote 11: T. rostrata, _Lam_.]
[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.]
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