Long-fnouted Squilla , &c. 379 
and from its anterior Part proceed fix Legs, 
on each Side three, jointed in an odd Man¬ 
ner, and feemingly but aukward for walking 
with. But the moft extraordinary Part of 
this Animal is the Head: a Draught whereof, 
magnified a great deal more, is given Jig. S.— 
This Head is armed with a Pair of very flharp 
hooked Forceps3 between which it is leng¬ 
thened out into a Sort of Probofcis, whofe 
Shape refembles a Duck’s Bill, and under 
that the Forceps can occafionally be brought 
together, or even crofs each other, in order 
to fecure its Prey. However, this Probofcis 
did not divide nor open like a Bill or Mouth, 
neither could I difcover that it had any Per¬ 
foration : which makes it probable, that the 
Creature fucks in its Nourifhment intirely 
through the arched Limbs of the Forceps, 
in the fame Manner as the Squilla defcribed 
page% 58. And indeed our prefent Subjedt dif¬ 
fers little from that voracious Squilla (which 
I take it to be another Species of) except 
in having a Probofcis; whereas in that the 
Forepart of the Plead between the Forceps 
is remarkably fhort and flat *. 
The Figures M and N, in this fame Plate, 
are two Views of an Animalcule, many of 
which were difeovered in Water that had 
been kept in a Glafs Jar for fome Months.— 
* Suppofing the Probofcis away, the Drawing N° xvi. 
will give a pretty good idea of the Squilla page 358. 
It 
