64 LUMBRICUS. DEW-WORM, Class VI. 



(B.) Intesti- Inhabits the lesser intestmes of the human 

 Intestinal, species, chiefly of children ; does not differ in 

 the lest from the former kinds. 



Marinus. L. marinas. Lhi. Sijst. IO77. Annicole. Bnsc. Hist. nat. 



■^''^- Gm. Lin. 3084. Fwan. des Vers. i. 161. 



Suec. No. 2074. Belon aq. Nereide lumbricride. Pallas 



444. , in nov. act. Petrop. ii. tab. 



L. with round mouth, and circular body annu- 

 lated with rreater and lesser rings : the first 

 prominent ; on each of them are two tufts of 

 short bristles placed opposite; the tail-part is 

 smooth ; elegant ramifications are observed to 

 issue from anions the tufts in the livin^ worm: 

 is soft and full of blood. 



Inhabits sandy shores, burying itself deep ; 

 but its place distinguishable by a little rising, 

 with an aperture on the surface ; of great use as 

 a bait for fish. Tab. xx. J/'g. 3. 



3. Thalas- Turton Br. Faun. 128. Thalasscmc des rocliers. Bosc. 



Spicil. Zool. t. \. f. 6. 



[L. with a striated body of a dirty red with 

 shining red spots, grey beneath, thicker at one 



