Class VI. GORDIUS. HAIR-WORM. 73 



GENUS XII. GORDIUS. HAIR-WORM. 



Body filiform, of equal thickness, smooth. 



Gordius. Lin. Syst. 1075. Vitulus aquaticus. Gesner aq. 1. Aquati- 

 Gm. Lin. 3082. Faun. Suec. Drageneau aquatique. Bosc. t£- US ' 

 No. 2068. Hist. nat. des Vers. i. 230. 



G. of a pale color, with the ends black. 



Inhabits boggy places, and clay at the bot- 

 tom of water. 



G. Lin. Syst. 1075. Grn. Lin. 3083. Faun. Suec. No. 2069. 2. Argilla- 



CEUS. 



G. of an uniform yellow color. Cla ^' 



Montagu in Lin. Tr. vii. 74. 3. Annu- 



LATUS. 



[G. of a garnet red color, with a pure white line 

 along the back, and another on each side, divid- 

 ed by two rows of minute white spots. Length 

 six or seven inches; diameter not exceeding 

 one line. 



Taken by dredging, in old shells, and among 

 corallines. 



