THE 



ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



August — November, 1827* 



Art. XXXIII. Contributions to the British Fauna. Bt/ 

 George Johnston, M.D., Fellow of the Roi/al College 

 of Surgeons of Edinburgh* 



[Continued from p. 18 L] 



Class. Annelides. Lamarck* 

 Gen. Galba. 



Char. Bodif larva-like, annulose, without feet. Mouth ter* 

 tniiial, inferior, extensile, with a horny mandibular apparatus 

 placed chiefly in the gullet. Branchice^ on the second segment of 

 the body, naked, of two pectinate branches uniting to form a 

 common tube : Suckers on the anal segment} two, (respiratory. ?) 



Galea marina. 



Desc. Bodi/ larva-like, five lines in length, round, tapered 

 towards the anterior end, abruptly truncate behind ; of a soft 

 consistence, and transparent white colour, marked with lines of a 

 deeper shade from the internal vessels ; it consists of twelve equal 

 segments, the last terminated by two large suckers of a browa 

 colour. Mouth subterminal, inferior, triangular. Anterior to and 

 above the mouth are two papillary emincTiceSy roughened with 



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