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TAB. LXVII. 

 AMPHITRITE rosea. 



Class 6. Vermes. Order 2. Molkisca. 



Spec. Char. Spots on the cirrhi red. Feet golden. 



CEASES and shells of annuals are found in great variety and 

 number, without any chance of procuring the animal or 

 proper inhabitant ; or at best, perhaps, the animal is of such 

 a nature that it cannot be found to expose itself so as to be 

 sufficiently understood. It is however desirable, when 

 the insect is to be procured, to make a memorandum of it, 

 as we shall arrive nearer to perfection by describino- the 

 animal with its habitation. 



In tab. 31, I have on the old plan given the name to the 

 case; but I now give the name to the animal, and that still 

 rather imperfectly ; for which, however, there is some ne- 

 cessity, as enough of these animals have not been seen to 

 make the proper generic distinctions. We therefore con- 

 tent ourselves for the present to place these somewhat dif- 

 ferently characterized animals as of the same genus. 



This animal differs from that of tab. 31, in not having 

 that bell-like instrument: at least with much watchinp- we 



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could not discover any reason to suppose it had such. The 

 rays spread more, are narrower, and beautifully spotted with 

 bright crimson, and the brush-like feet are of a shining 

 golden appearance; the case is apparently made of slime 

 and mud. 



