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EGYPTIAN MEDUSA, 
Generic Character. 
Body gelatinous, orbicular, commonly depreffecL 
Mouth central, beneath. 
Specific Character. 
PALE-BROWN MEDUSA, with eight rami¬ 
fied foliaceous tentacula beneath. 
The Medufa Andromeda is frequently found con- 
fiderably larger than reprcfented on the prefent plate. 
Its general color is a pale yellowifh-brown, fome- 
times inclining to blueifn. The whole animal has 
a confiderable degree of tranfparency, and is re¬ 
markable for the elegantly ramified fubdivifions or 
procefies of the limbs or tentacula proceeding from 
the lover part of the body. It is a native of the 
Red lea. 
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