Class VI. TEREBELLA. ill 



GENUS XXVIII. TEREBELLA. 



* Body oblong, creeping, naked, furnished with 



branchice at the sides, often inclosed in a 

 tube. 



Mouth at the end, with lips, and a club- 

 shaped proboscis. 



Teeth none. 



Tentacula numerous, capillary, ciliated, sur- 

 rounding the mouth. 



Mont, in Lin. Tr. ix. .110. tab. 4. Jig. 2, 1. Tenta. 



CULATA. 



* Te. with a long slender body, composed of 

 above two hundred annulations, each furnished 

 with two fasciculi of very minute bristles ; no 

 eyes ; from the sides issue very long red capil- 

 lary appendages, like so many worms, writhing 

 in all directions ; mouth beneath ; color, olive 

 green above, dull orange beneath ; length eight 

 or nine inches. 



Found in wood in the deserted habitation of 

 a Photos. 



