ORDER ANNULATA ANTENNATA. 



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are all marine animals, and altogetlier tbey bear a strong 

 resemblance to the scolopendrOf or centipede. 



Leodice saiiffK 



The species represented above was taken on the 

 southern coast of Devonshire ; it is the largest English 

 species, extending sometimes to the length of fourteen 

 or fifteen inches. 



When the animal was in a glass of sea-water, the 

 circulation of the blood through the bristle-like append- 

 ages on each side of the body was a curious object, and 

 appeared to be effected at the will of the animal, but 

 when it became sickly, the circulation was slower, and as 

 soon as it expired all the colour from those parts vanished. 



The mouth is large, and placed beneath, concealing 

 most formidable jaws, or complicated fangs, which were 

 put forward occasionally as the animal became sickly, or 

 in the agonies of death. The figure beneath the worm 

 shows the shape of this singular apparatus. 



