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worms. "When taken from the water and placed on the 

 ground, they di'ag themselves along with difficulty, the 

 feet being too weak to raise the long body from the sur- 

 face, and they soon die unless restored to their favourite 

 element. A healthy specimen was exhibited in the Aqua- 

 rium of the Zoological Society of London, in May 1858. 



Found in Lake Sittich in the Duchy of Carniola, and in 

 caverns communicating with it. Also in the celebrated 

 Grotto of Adelsbcrg in Carinthia, on the road from Vienna 

 to Trieste. 



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