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is their embrace, that whatever excedent rarement. lis faififfent 

 prey comes within their reach leur proie avec tant de force que 

 never efcapes. They fubfift on in- rien ne leur echappe jamais. Les 

 leas, fmall Bh, &c. infedtes, les petits poiflbns, &c. 



leur fervent dc pature. 



GENUS 17. ASTERIAS. Tab. X. 



CHARACTER GENERIS. 



Corpus depreflum : crufta fubcoriacea, tentacula muricata. Os centrale, 

 quinquevalve. Linn. Syft. Nat. Pa. 1098. 



17th GENUS. The SEA-STAR. Plate X. 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



The body is flattened, covered with a fubcoriaceous cruft fet all over 

 with tentacula. The mouth occupying the center, confifts of five 

 valves. 



i7me. GENRE. L'ETOILE DE MER. PI. X. 



CARACTERE DU GENRE. 



Le corps eft applati, couvert d'une croute fubcoriacee heriflee de tatoirs. 

 La bouche au centre a cinq valves. 



THIS genus is divided into /^E genre fe divife en trois 

 three families. V->< families. 



* The intire. * Les entieres. 



** The ftellated. ** Les etoileas. 



*** The radiated. *** Les rayonnees. 



Among 



