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TEREBELLA Lapidaria. 

 Linn. No. The Stone 



Piercer. Plate VII. Fig. i. By 

 the French called Pinceau de Mer, 

 and it derives its name from the 

 refemblance it bears to a painter's 

 pencil. From the midil: of the 

 hairs ifTues the head of the fmall 

 animal, fupported by a long neck, 

 and putting forth two fmall branch- 

 ing horns. The mouth, which is 

 round, is armed with fmall teeth, 

 like thofe of the Echini Marini, 

 with which it mafticates its food. 

 The hairs are very fine, foft as filk, 

 and form a tuft, from the middle 

 of which ifTues the neck and then 

 its head, as we juft now obferved. 

 The body is fhaped like that of a 

 worm, is very long and terminates 

 at one end in a point, which pretty 

 nearly imitates the ftick end of a 

 painting-brufli. The fmall head 

 of our Terebella appears under- 

 neath, drawn back as in the fnail. 

 It walks or crawls by the help of 

 five fmall feet, placed on each fide 

 of the large part of its body, at the 

 rifing of the tuft of hairs, and clofe 

 to each other. 



LE Pinceau de Mer, 

 II tire fon nonr de la ref- 

 femblance qu'il a avec les pinceaux 

 dont fe fervent les peintrcs. Du 

 milieu des polls fort la tete du 

 petit infedle foutenu d'un long col, 

 et poufiant deux petites cornes 

 rauieules. Sa bouche eft ronde, 

 arniee de petites dents, telles que 

 dans les Heriflons de Mer, avec 

 lefquelles il broye fa nourriture. 

 Les polls font tres fins, doux 

 comme de la foye, & forment une 

 houpe, du milieu de laquclle fort 

 fon col, 6c fa tete enfuite, comme 

 on vient de le remarquer. Son 

 corps a la forme de celui d'un ver ; 

 il eft fort long, & finit en pointe 

 par un des bouts, ce qui imite 

 afiTez bien la hampe d'un pinceau ; 

 on voit pardefixjus, la petite tete de 

 notre Pinceau retiree en arriere 

 comme dans leLlmafon i il marche 

 ou fe traine par le fecours de cinq 

 petits pieds, places de chaque cote 

 du gros bout de fon corps a I'ori- 

 gine du faifceau de polls, et ferre's 

 les uns pres des autres. 



GENUS 



