Class VI. NEREIS. 95 



lobes, the middle one of which has two feelers ; 

 color changeable greenish bronze, beneath of a 

 paler and pearly appearance; length five or 

 six inches. 



Inhabits the same place as the last. 



Mont, in Lin, Tr. vii. 83. 6. Lineata. 



* N. with a flattish body, of one hundred and 

 twenty segments and six feelers ; tail with two 

 short appendages ; color, yellow with purple 

 spots disposed lengthways in six lines ; length 

 one inch and a half. 



Taken by dredging in deep water. 



Mont, in Lin. Tr. vii. 84. 7, Octenta- 



CULATA. 



# N. with a flattish body, of between eighty 

 and ninety segments, with two long and six 

 short setaceous feelers; four eyes; along the 

 back is a purple line, and a yellow spot at each 

 joint ; length three inches. 



Found with the preceding. 



Mont, in Lin. Tr. ix. 1 1 1 . t. 6. f. 3. g. p INm . 



GERA. 



* N. with a long slender body of about eighty 

 segments, furnished along the sides with long 



