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GENUS XXIX. LERNJEA. 



Body oblong, roundish, which affixes itself to 



other animals by its tentacula. 

 Thorax heart-shaped. 

 Tentacula two or three, in form of arms. 



L. Lin. Syst. 1093. Gm. Lin. 3144. Faun. Suec. No. 2102. l. Salmo- 



nea. 

 i Salmon. 



Le. with an ovated body, cordated thorax, and 

 two linear arms approaching nearly to each 

 other. 



Inhabits the gills of salmon. Observed in 

 great numbers on the first arrival of that fish 

 out of the sea ; but after being a little time in 

 fresh waters, drops off and dies. The salmon 

 is reckoned in highest season when these vermes 

 are found in them. Called by the fishermen, 

 ■salmon-lice. 



Sow. Br. Misc. 68. 2. Sprat* 



TjE. 



* Le. body shaped like an oat grain, red, with 

 two green oviducts, resembling tails ; head with 

 two barbs. 



Found tormenting and feeding on the sprat. 



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