Pisces.] 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
437 
7. Squalus— — . 
Captain King in his MSS. observes, that a species of shark 
was observed commonly near the shores, having a short 
nose, with a very capacious mouth ; the body was of an ash 
grey colour, marked with darker spots, of a round shape, 
and about two inches in diameter. This shark was usually 
ten or eleven feet long. 
ANNELIDES. 
1. Leodice gigantea. Savigny Syst des Annel. p. 49. Lam, 
V. 322. 
JEunice gigantea, Cuv. Reg, Anim. ii, 524, 
Nereis aphroditois, Pall. Nov, Act, Petrop, ii. 229. tab. 5. 
fig. 1.7. 
Terebella aphroditois, Gmeliriy Syst. Nat, 31 14, 
The specimen brought by Captain King is nearly five feet 
long, and was procured at the Isle of France. 
