$8 The Hiflory of A N I M A L S, 
It is very frequent in woods in the North of England : about London, it is rarely 
met with : Lifter calls it Limax fuccini colore albidis maculis infignitus. 
The other fpecies of Limax, are, i. The very large, grey Limax, fpotted with a dufky 
brown. 2. The little Ihort and thick, grey Limax, without fpots. 3. The fmooth- 
bodied, reddilh-brown Limax. 4. The fmall dufky brown, furrowed Limax. 5. 
The deep chocolate-coloured Limax. > 
LERNEA. 
T H E body of the Lernea is of an oblong cylindric figure, and is perforated in the 
forehead : the tentacula refemble ears. i 
Lernea tentaculis quatuor } duobus apice lunulatis . 
Hoe Lernea y with four tentacula , two of them lunulated at the top . 
This is a fmall fpecies: it is about half an inch in length, and of the thicknefs of a 
fmall ftraw: the body is rounded, and of a pale grey ifl> white, glolfy on the furface, 
and fomewhat pellucid : it is thruft out of a kind of coat or fheath, as it were, at the 
bale, which is of a white colour, and refembles a thick fkin: toward the other extre¬ 
mity of the body, there are three obtufe tubercles, one of which is much larger than 
the reft : the mouth is fituated in the anterior part, and near it there are two foft and 
flefihy procefles • and near thefe there is alfo on each fide another foft procefs, which is 
lunated at the extremity 
It is found on the fides of the bream, carp, and roach, in many of our ponds and 
rivers, in great abundance. 
Lernea tentaculis brevibus craffis fimpliciffimis. 02>ZU 
The Lernea , with floort , thick i and fimple tentacula .. 
This is a confiderably large fpecies, in comparifon of the former: it grows to two 
inches and a half in length, and to more than an inch in diameter: it’s body ap¬ 
proaches to an oval figure, and is foft, punctated, of a kind of gelatinous fubftance, 
and of a pale lead colour; from the larger extremity there arife four oblong and thick 
protuberances 5 thefe are the tentacula ; two of them ftand nearly ereCt, two are thrown 
backward. 
It is not uncommon about our fhores : fome of the writers on thefe fubjedts have 
called it Lepus marinus 5 others, Lepori marino congener ; and fome have named it 
Urticae marinae fpecies: but, in general, the diftindtions, conveyed under thefe names, 
are very little understood. • - -* * 
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Lernea corpore hifurcato . 
The Lernea y with a bifurcated body v 
This fpecies rarely exceeds three quarters of an inch in length : it’s body is of a cy¬ 
lindric figure, and moderately thick, and is compofed of a fofter matter, contained as it 
were in a firmer, white, and fomewhat wrinkled fkin : the anterior extremity of the 
body is ornamented with four tentacula of a variable figure; two of them larger at the 
points than elfewhere j the other two fmaller i at the oppofite extremity, the body is 
forked, or divided into two portions, which are Ihort and pointed. 
It is frequent about the Bognor rocks on the Sufiex coaft, as alfo in Cornwall. 
The other fpecies of the Lernea, are, 1. The larger, whitifh Lernea, with a 
double tail. 2. The fmall, foft, and thick, or double-tailed Lernea. 3. The thick 
Lernea, the Lepus marinus of Cloumna. 4. The fhort, oval, fharp, and fingk-tailed 
Lernea. 5. The oblong-bodied Lernea, with little pointed protuberances on it. 6. 
The conoide Lernea. 7. The fhapelefs, fomewhat oval, and flat Lernea. 8. The 
larger, rounded, deprelfed Lernea. 9. The cingulated Lernea. 10. The oblong, 
thick, verrucofe Lernea. 11. The fhorter and fmoother Lernea. 12. The Lernea, 
with a palmated tail. All thefe fpecies I have met with on our own coafts 5 many of 
them on the Suflex, fome on the Yorkftiire ftaores. Authors feem to have defcribed 
fome of them, but it is fo verv imperfectly, and uncertainly, that it is hard to afcertain 
? ’ which 
