4$ WORM & Class VI. 



NEREIS. XII. Oblong {lender body. 



Feet formed like a pencil of rays, and nu- 

 merous on each fide. 

 Mouth at the extremity, unguiculated. 

 Feathered feelers above the mouth. 



Noftiluca. N. Segmentis xxiii. corpore vix confpicuo. Lin.Syfi. 1085, 

 30* Nocti- No&iluca marina. Aman. Acad. 

 lucous. Bafier, i. tab. iv. fig. 3. 



Thefe are the animals that illuminate the fea, like 

 glow-worms, but with brighter fplendor. I have at 

 night, in rowing, feen the whole element as if on 

 fire round me •, every oar fpangied with them •, and 

 the water burnt with more than ordinary bright- 

 nefs. I have taken up fome of the water in a 

 bucket, feen them for a fliort ipace illuminate it y 

 but when I came to fearch for them, their ex- 

 treme fmallnefs eluded my examination. 



Lacufiris. Nereis. Lin. Syjl. 1085. 

 31. Bog. Rcefsl. in/eft. Polyp, tab. lxxix. 



N. with a linear jointed body, with a filiform foot 

 iffuing from each ; the whole animal of the fize of 

 a friort brittle of a hog \ an object of the micro- 

 fcope. 



Inhabits wet places. 



Nereis. 



