( 8o ) 



from the center there arlfe alfo a fois rougeatres mals plus corn- 

 number of curled appendages, mune'ment blanchatres, commeauffi 

 which are fometimes reddifli, but quantite de menus fils. Le bord 

 more ufually whitifh, and a vafl ou la circonference du corps eft re- 



gulierement partagee en huit por- 



number of flender filaments : the 

 edge or the circumference of the 

 body, is regularly divided into 

 eight portions, and each of them 

 is emarginated, fo that on the 

 whole verge there are fixteen finufes. 



tions, chacune defquelU^s eft ians 

 rebord, de forte qu'en toute la 

 bordure il y a feize finus. Cette 

 efpece fe rencontre en grande 

 abondance flottante fur la lurface 



This fpecies is to be met with, in de I'eau pres de I'Ifle de Sheppy au 



vaft abundance, floating on the Comte de Kent et ailleurs fur cette 



furface of the water about Sheppey meme cote. II s'en detruit une 



Ifland in Kent, and elfewhere on grande quantite que les vagues 



that coaft: great quantities of it jettent fur le rivage, d'ou il ne leur^ 



are deftroyed, by being thrown on eft pas poffible de fe retirer, et en 



fliore with the waves, whence it haute mer nombre de poiffons s'ele- 



has no power of getting off again ; vent a la furface pour en faire leur 



and, in the open feas, many fifli proie. Cet animal par bien des 



fkim near the furface, and prey 

 on them. This animal is by many 

 authors called Pulmo Marinus, or 

 the Sea Lungs. 



Medufa Piliaris. Linn. No. 7. 

 p. 1097. The Cap-like Medufa. 

 Plate IX. Fig. 4. Is orbicular, 

 with the difk headed ; the edge has 

 eight holes ; underneath it is arched 



and hairy. Dwells in the fea. 

 MedufiMarfupialis. Linn. No. 



8. The Purfe Medufa. Plate IX. 



Fig. 5. Semi-oval, with four ten- 



tacula on the edge. Inhabits the 



Mediterranean. 



Medufi Velella. Linn. No. 12. 



The Veil or Bonnet Medufa. Plate 



auteurs eft appelle' Poumon de Mer. 



La Medufe Bonnet. 



Eft orbiculaire, et a fon difque 

 furmonte d'une tete ; le bord a 

 huit trous J en deifous elle eft 

 voute'e et poilue. Habite la mer. 



La Medufe Bourfc. 

 ' A demi ovale, ayant quatre ta- 

 toirs fur le bord. Se trouve dans 

 la Mediterranee. 



La Medufe a Voile. 

 Ovale a ftries concentriques, le 



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