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TAB. XII. 

 AMPHITRITE Vcntilabmm. 



Class 6. Vermes. Orda- 2. MoUusca. 

 Gen. Char. Bodij projecting from a tube, annu- 

 lated. Feet small, numerous. Feelers two, ap- 

 proximate, feathered. Ej/es none. — Turt. 



Spec. Char. Fibres of the feelers ciliate on the 

 inner edge, one feeler with 54 fibres, the other 

 only 36. Proboscis none. 



Syn. Amphitrlte Ventilabrum. Linn. Sj/st Nat. ed. 1 3. 

 V. 1. 3111. Turt. Linn. v. 1. 82. 

 Maltese Tubular Coralline? Ellists Coral. 92. t. 34.* 



Our ingenious countryman Mr. Ellis, famous for his ac- 

 curate work on Corallines, figured this animal from one 

 found on the Maltese coast. We are obliged to Mr. T. W. 

 Simmons for this specimen, taken in a net off Dysart, near 

 Inch-Keith. The two coats are somewhat lacerated; but as 

 we see more of the construction of the animal, it is so far 

 an advantage. These coats are somewhat cartilaginous, 

 and the outermost is roughest. It has 51 branches to the 

 feeler on one side and 36 to that on the other. 



* Ellis has made the case of one coat only, whereas it has two in our 

 specimen. 



