378 Long-jkouted Squilla , See, 
which the Pidture may ferve to fhew, no-* 
thing more need be faid about it. 
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CHAP. XXVI. 
The Long-fnouted Squilla, &c. 
S EVERAL of the Infedts ihewn N° xvi. 
were lent to me from Tar mouthy in a Bot¬ 
tle of very clear Water. Some were about a 
Sixth Part as big as the Picture, and others a 
great deal lefs, but none of them alive: having 
either been fuffocated by corking the Bottle 
too clofe, or fhaken to Death in bringing. 
They feem to be of the Squilla Kind, tho* a 
Species I have never leen before or iince; but 
the Numbers that were fent make me imagine 
they are frequent in thofe Parts. 
The Back is cruftaceous, and jointed like 
a Lobfter’s Tail ; having ten Articulations, 
which divide it into eleven Parts, the mid- 
dlemoft of which are wideil ; for theyleifen 
from thence to the joining on of the Plead 
one Way, and grow tapering the. other Way 
to the Extremity of the Tail, which ends 
aim oil in a Point, with a Sort of a Horn on 
each Side, that extends beyond the Tail. The 
Scales of the Back reach down the Sides, and 
meet the upper Part of the Belly, beyond 
which they ilretch out and overhang a 
little, The Belly is fofter than the Back, 
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