IO6 BY THE DEEP SEA. 



the Dotted Siphon-worm (Sipunculiis punctatissimd), formerly 

 included with the Sea-cucumbers, but now relegated by the 

 systematist to the biological lumber-room, whose door is 

 labelled " Vermes," that limbo to which all sorts of creatures 

 are sent who cannot be satisfactorily classified, in the hope 

 that future discoveries may make their affinities more clear. 

 The Siphon-worm has a cylindrical proboscis that is almost 

 as long as its body, and a wreath of simple tentacles around 

 the mouth. 



