V - JO y 



Color Nercidis curopacac rccentis fiaiicrccntc - grrfciis, 

 pallidus ct ob cpiderniideni iridcltcns ; in dorlo Jituris fingu- 

 lo fcgmcnto fingulis, viridicantibus, obfolctis dillindus. Foliok 

 latcnilia marginc furccfcunt. 



In multis fpeciminibus poftica corporis cxtrcmitas nbrup- 

 ta rcpcritur , ct in non paucis tencriorcm tenuiorcmque cnu- 

 dain c pracruptae partis vulncre repullulaffc obferuaui; vnde 

 Kcrcidi nortrae, et congcncribus fortc oninibus, facultatem cor- 

 poris amifram partem refarcicndi datam apparct. 



Kepcritur hacc fpccics , vaga inter vcgetabilia et quis- 

 qnilias marinas, in Mari Indico, rrediterranco et fcptcntrionali, 

 tautum magnitudine diucrfa. Vidctur illam Plancus indicaflc. 



IV. 



Ncrcis lumbricoidcs. 

 Tab. i: fig. 19. »9 *. 



Hoc nominc mihi vcnit I.umbricus marinus Liwiaet ^ 

 qui omnino quidcm afBnitatcm gcncricam , intcr Ncrcidcs et 

 Lumbricos, etiam alias infignem complct, attamcn proptcr bran- 

 chias fctis dorfalibus additas mihi poiius priori gcucri adnu- 

 mcrandus vidctur. 



Notum cfl , hunc vcrmcm, vt Ncrcidcs ctiam aliquac 

 fiiciunt , inltar Lumbricorum in fundo maris arcnofo , pracfcr- 

 tim vadorum , dclitcfccrc ct rcccdcnte ncfhi gyros cxcrcmcn- 

 torum c fubtiliflimo fabulo confbntium fupra canalcm, in quo 

 latent, cgcrcrc. Notum ctiam , a pifcatoribus c profunditate 

 fcfquipedali ct vltra cfFodi :ii.\ incfcandos hamos capicndis Ga- 

 dis ct Plcuronedibus dcflinatos. Anglis idco nominc Lttg/ vcl 

 Notia Acla Acad. Imp. Sc. 7. //. G g Los- 



