WORMS. MOLLUSCA. 21. Nereis. IS5 



Body about an inch long, with numerous brown papillae about the 

 lip ; lentacula simple : legs compofed of tufts of hairs. 



84. N.pelagica. Tawny, with a scarlet line down the 

 back, convex above, with cirrate and warty pedun- 

 cles. 



The Ocean. Br. Zool.iv.t. 25./. 33. N. rufa. 



Body 4 or 5 inches long, compoied of numerous articulations : 

 jaws blackish-brown : head with a triangular white fpot between 

 the eyes, and 2 others at the sides : bristles ferruginous : cirri of 

 the front sides and tail whitish : tail ending in 2 cirri. 



85. N. ccerulea. Glabrous, depressed, blueish-green, se- 

 mitransparent. 



The Ocean. Br. Zool.iv. t. 25./. 32. Barbut t.\.f. 11. 



Body shining, about 4 inches long, with a groove along the belly: 

 segments about 184. 



$6. N.viridis. Green, depressed: peduncles with lance- 

 olate lamellae or scales. 



The Ocean, Mull. Wurm. t. \\.f. 1-6. Linn. Trans, v. p. 8. 



Body 2 or 3 inches long, filiform, grass-green, with about 130 

 equal fegments : head with 3 feelers each side : eyes 2, black : pro- 

 boscis clavate, which it protrudes when touched : tail with 2 short 

 cirri. The young are reddish, with snowy head, feelers, cirri, 

 and fcales. 



8T. N. lamelligera. Ochraceous, round tapering to both 

 ends : proboscis stellate with 4 fleshy points : pe- 

 duncles compressed, furnished with a semilunar scale 

 above, and a larger semicordate-one beneath. 



The Ocean. Sow. Brit. Mifc. t. 30. Shaw Mifc. t. 311. 



Body nearly a foot long, ochre with a dark line down the middle 

 of the belly, consisting of 200-550 fegments: head with 4 feelers ; 

 eyes 2, black : tail bifid. 



88. N. tricolor. Orange-green, prismatically coloured, 

 orange-red at the lower extremity : feelers and eyes 

 none. 



Montague Linn. Transact. 7. p. 82. 



Body about 3 feet long, nearly round, purplish-red near the an- 

 terior end : upper-lip fomewhat protruded, whitish, with 4 tranf- 

 verfe black dots at the bafe : tail fuddenly tapering to an obtufe 

 point : fegments about 390, with as many tubercles and tufts 

 each side. 



89. IS. Margarita. Changeable and greenish-brown, with 

 a purple streak down the back : head 3-loded. 



Montague Linn. Trans. 7. p. 82. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, convex above, a little tapering," with 

 about 74 fegments and tufts : head 3-lobed, the 2 outer ones larger 

 with a tubercle at their ends and 2 feelers at their bale, the middle- 

 one ending in 2 feelers : mouth beneath, protrnsile, with a circle of 

 numerous black fpecks : tail ending in 2 filaments. 



90. N. lineata. Dep reused, yellow, with numerous purple 

 spots disposed in 6 lines. 



Montague Linn. Trans. 7. p. 83. 



Body an inch and a half long, with about 120 fegments : feelers 6: 

 tail ending in 2 short appendages. 



91. N . octcntaculata. Depressed, red, with a purple line 

 along the back and a yellow spot at each segment. 



Montague Linn. Trans, 7. p. 84. 



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