WORMS. MOLLUSCA. 21. Nereis. I35 r 



Body about an inch long, with numerous brown- papillae about tbe 

 lip : textacula simple : legs rompofcd of tufts of hairs. 



34. N.pelagica. Tawny, with a scarlet line down the 

 back, convex above, with cirrate and warty pedun- 

 cles. 



The Ocean. Br. Zool. iv. t. 25. /. 33. N. rufa. 



Body 4 or 5 inches long, compoled of numerous articulations t 

 jaws blackish-brown : head with a triangular white fpot between 

 the eyes, and 2 others at the sides : bristles ferruginous : cirri ot' 

 the front sides and tail whitish : /a/Vending in 2 cirri. 



85. N. ccerulea. Qlabrous, depressed, blueish-grcen, se- 

 m transparent. 



The Ocean. Br. Zool.\\-. * 25./. 32. Barbut t. \.J. n. 



Body shining, about 4 inches long, with a groove along the belly: 

 segments about 184. 



86. IS' . viridis. Green, depressed : peduncles with lance- 

 olate lamellae or scales. 



The Ocean. MulLWurm. t. n./. 1-6. Linn. Trans, v. p. 8. 



Body 2 or 3 inches long, filiform, grass-green, with about 130 

 equal fegments : head with 3 feelers each side : eyes 2, black : pro- 

 boscis clavate, which it protrudes when touched-; tail with 2 short 

 cirri. The young are reddish, with snowy head, feelers, cirri, 

 and fcales. 



87. N. lamelliger'a. Ochraceous, round tapering to both" 

 ends: proboscis stellate with 4 fleshy points: pe- 

 duncles compressed, furnished with a semilunar scale 

 above, and a larger semicordate-one beneath. 



The.Ocean. Sow. Brit. Mifc. t. 30. Shaw Mifc. t. 311. 



Body nearly a foot long, ochre with a dark line down the middle 

 of the bejly, consisting of 200-550 fegments : head with 4 feelers ; 

 eyes 2, black : .tail bifid. 



88. N. tricolor. Orange-green, pmmatically coloured, 

 orange-red at the lower extremity : feelers and eyed 

 none. 



Montague Linn. Transact. 7. p. 82. 



.&wf}/ about 3 feet long,, nearly round, purplish-red near the an- 

 terior end : upper-lip fomewhat protruded, whitish, with 4 tranf- 

 verfe black dots at the bafe : tail fuddenly tapering to an obtufe 

 point: fegments about 390, with as many tubercles and tufts 

 each side. 



89. N. Margarita. Changeable and greenish-brown, with 

 a purple streak down the back : head 3-loded. 



Montague Linn, Trans. 7. p. 82. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, convex above, a little tapering, with 

 about 74 fegments and tufts : head 3-lobed, the 2 outer ones larger 

 with a tubercle at their ends and 2 feelers at their bale, the middle* 

 one ending in 2 feelers : mouth beneath, prottusile, with a circle of 

 numerous black fpecks : tail ending in 2 ^laments. 



90. N. lintata. Depressed, yellow, with numerous purple 

 spots disposed in 6 lines. 



Montague Linn. Trans. 7 . p. 83. 



Body an inch and a half long, with about 120 fegments : feelers 6: 

 tail ending in 2 short appendages. 



91. N. octtntaxMlata. Depressed, red r with a purple line 

 along the back and a yellow spot at each segment. 



Montague Linn. Trans. T. p. 84, 



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