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TAB. LX VII. 
AMPHITRITE rosea. 
Class 6. Vermes. Order 2. Mollusca. 
Spec. Char. Spots on the cirrhi red. Feet golden. 
Cases and shells of animals are found in great variety and 
number, without any chance of procuring the animal or 
proper inhabitant ; or at best, perhaps, the animal is of such 
a nature that it cannot be found to expose itself so as to be 
sufficiently understood. It is however desirable, when 
the insect is to be procured, to make a memorandum of it, 
as we shall arrive nearer to perfection by describing the 
animal with its habitation. 
In tab. 31, I have on the old plan given the name to the 
case; but I now give the name to the animal, and that still 
rather imperfectly ; for which, however, there is some ne- 
cessity, as enough of these animals have not been seen to 
make the proper generic distinctions. We therefore con- 
tent ourselves for the present to place these somewhat dif- 
ferently characterized animals as of the same genus. 
This animal differs from that of tab. 31, in not having 
that bell-like instrument; at least with much watching we 
could not discover any reason to suppose it had such. The 
rays spread more, are narrower, and beautifully spotted with 
bright crimson, and the brush-like feet are of a shining 
golden appearance; the case is apparently made of slime 
and mud. 
