228 Dr. SiiAw'j Defcriptions ofthff 



This quadruped was taken by fome Indian hunters in the upper 

 patts of hiterior Canada, and fent down to Quebec. It is now in 

 the pofTeflion of Governor Prefcot. 



Tab. VIII. exhibits the Mm burfarius of its natural fize. 



THE Tubularia magnlfica muft be confidercd as by far the largeft 

 fpecies of its genus yet difcovered. It is found in various parts of 

 the coaft of Jam;iica, adhering to the I'ock^. It is very fhy, and on 

 being approached inftantly recedes within its elaftic tube,. which on 

 a farther alarm alfo retires into the rock, and fpecimens can be ob- 

 tained only by breaking off fuch parts of the ftone as contain them. 

 Thefe, being put into tubs of fea-water, may be kept for months in 

 perfedl order ; and from one of them fo preferved this drawing was 

 made. 



The fpecific charafter may be thus given t 



Tubularia lubojimplici albido, tentaculis numerqfijfimh albo rubroque 

 van'aiis. 



Tubularia with a fimple whitifh tube,, and very numerous tenta- 

 cula variegated with red and white. 



It is neceflary to obferve, that, in the form of its body, at leaft as 

 far as can be judged from the part reprefented in the back view of 

 the animal, it fecms to make an approach to the genus ^mphitrite, 

 and may be confidered as in fome degree connefting thefe two 

 <renera. 



It may perhaps be doubted whether fome of the fmaller figures, 

 fuppofcd to be the young animals, may not in reality belong to fome 

 fpecies of /^Vinia, 



Tab. 



