138 ANNELIDES. 
on the top of each foot, and has another beneath, with a bundle of 
setae ; a large proboscis Avith neither tentacula nor jaw'S. 
Several species are found in the Mediterranean 
Ophelina, Sav. 
The body thick and short, Avith feebly marked rings and scarcely 
Ausible setae; long cirri in lieu of branchiae on two thirds of its length ; 
palate of the mouth Avith a dentated crest ; the lips surrounded AVith 
tentacula, of whicli tlie tAVO superior are the largest f- 
CiRRHATULUS, La?}!. 
The branchiae consisting of a A^ery long filament; two small bundles 
of setae to each of the articulations of the body, Avhich are numerous 
and compact ; a series of long filaments round the nape. The slightly 
marked head has neither tentacula nor jawsl;. 
Palmyra, Sav. 
The Palmyrae are recognized by their superior fasciculi, the setae of 
Avhich are large, flattened, flabelliform, and glisten like^ highly po- 
lished gold ; their inferior fasiculi are small ; their cirri and bran- 
chiae feebly marked. They liaA^e an elongated body, tAVO extended 
tentacula, and three very small ones. 
Palm, aui'if'era, Sual The only species knOAA’n ; it is from 
one to tAA^o inches in length, and is found at the Isle of France. 
Aphrodita, Lhi. 
This genus is easily knOAvn by the tAVO longitudinal ranges of broad 
membranous scales that cover the back, to Avhich, through a \'ery 
groundless assimilation, the name of elytra has been given, and 
under AAdiich, their branchiae, in the form of fleshy crests, are con- 
cealed. 
Their body is usually flattened, and shorter and broader than in 
the other Annelides. Their extremely thick and muscular esopha- 
gus is susceptible of being protruded like a proboscis; their intestine 
is unequal, and furnished on each side Avith numerous branched 
caeca, the extremities of Avhich are fixed betAveen the bases of the 
setaceous fasiculi, Avhich serve- as feet. M. SaA'igny distinguishes 
from them the 
* Hesione splendida, Sav., Eg., Annel., pL 3 ; — II.fesHva, Id. Ib., p. 41 ; — 
II. panfherina, Risso, Eur. Merid., IV, p. 418. 
"t- This is probably the place for the Nerds j^dsmatica, and hifrons, Fabr., Soc. 
Hist. Nat. Copen. V, part 1, pi. iv, p. 17 — 23. 
X Lumbricus cirrhatus, Ott., Fabr., Fann. Grcenl., f. 5, from Avhich the Tere- 
bella tentaculata, Montag., Lin. Trans., IX, and the Cirrhinere filigere, Blainv., 
pi., of the Diet, des Sc. Nat., N, do not appear to differ as to the genus ; — Cirrh. 
Lamarkii, Aud., and EdAv., Litt., de la Fr., Annel., pi. vii. f. 1 — 4. 
