86 WORMS. MOLLUSCA. 29. Nereis. 
A. Mouth furtiijhed with a claw or forceps. 
ferf color. Body fubdeprefled : peduncles pointed and furnilhed witl* 
briftles. 
Mull. Wurm. p. 104. tab, 6, Jig. 1—6. 
Inhabits European Seas j 4 inches Jong. 
Body with about 85 fegments growing gradually flenderer bC' 
hind, ochrc-yellow with a dull red ilreak down the middle '• 
tail and anterior fegments of the body dirty greenilh ; toward* 
. the niiddle Ihining with yarious iridefeent colours : upper' 
feelers 3, ihort, lubulate ; lower ones 2, pellucid, conic ; 1*' 
lateral ones 4, horny : Janies red. 
*^oailuca. Body blue-green, with 23 fegments : hardly vifible to tli« 
naked eye. 
Barbufs Worms, tab. fig. 8. Ama-n, acad. 3. tab. 3. 
Bader op. JuhJc. tab. 4. fig. 3. 
Thefe are found in moil feas, and are the animals which fr^' 
quently illuminate the water, making it appear as if on fire! 
they are extremely minute, pellucid and highly phofphoreou*- 
giving an uncommonly lucid fplendor to the waves in 
evening ; by their extreme numbers and fmallnefs they eafdl 
elude obfervation, but they may be detefted by pking » 
fraall quantity ot the watep through blotting-paper. 
Einihrima, Body fubdeprcffcd : peduncles cirrate, glandular. 
Mull. Wurm. p. 144, tab.%, fig. 1..3. 
Inhabits the Baltic : about 3 inches long, and linear. 
Body fulvous, with a blue line down the middle of the back and 
belly ; head with 8 feelers : tail terminated by z threads. 
Armillarts. Body fubdeprefled: peduncles conic, with glandular cirri. 
Mull, Wurm. p. 150, tab.t), fig. j— 5.- 
Inhabiti the Northern Seas, and buries itfelf deep in the fand* 
about 45 lines long. 
Body filiform, with 3 moniliform feelers each fide the head j ar' 
ticulations about 120, all armed with a peduncle each fide 
tail ending in 2 dong threads. 
With lateral fafcicles of hairs above the peduncles. 
Inhabits Norway Seas. Fn. Succ. 209", 
*Delagii 
Body above convex : peduncles cirrate and warty.. 
Pennant . Brit. Zool. iv. p. 47, tab. 2C, fiu. 01 ^ 
Bajhrep. fuhfc.-z, p. 133, tab. 6, fig^. 6, 
Mull. Wurm. p. 140, tab. 7, fig. 1.I3, 
Act. Hafn. 10, p. 169, tab. 2, fig. I a. 
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