‘CORONATED PTEROTRACHEA. 
BEES EEE EEE 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body nayant, gelatinous, furnifhed with a fin at 
the abdomen or tail. 
Eyes two, within the head. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
PTEROTRACHEA with abdomen and tail pin- 
nated, the head marked with aculeated lines 
in front, the probofcis columnar and perpen- 
dicular. 
It is to the celebrated Forfkal that we are indebted 
for an accurate defcription of this curious animal. 
Body fubcylindric; about an inch in diameter, 
and almoft a fpan in length. The head is rounded 
on the fore-part, and furnifhed in front with a co- 
ronet of ten conical fpines: of thefe three on each 
fide conftitute fo many perpendicular middle-lines : 
beyond and above which, on each fide, are two 
more; one above the other. Beneath the coronet 
hangs the probofcis, which is nearly two inches long, 
with a whitifh middle-nerve, and an incraffated, ca- 
pitulated, hyaline tip, and terminal mouth. The 
whole probofcis appears as if filled with jelly: be- 
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