BROWN HOLOTHURIA. 
Generic Character. 
Body unfixed, naked, gibbous, with an open ex¬ 
tremity. 
*TentacuIa numerous, furrounding one extremity. 
Mouth fituated amidft the tentacula. 
Specific Character. 
BROWN HOLOTHURIA with twelve red ten¬ 
tacula : the body marked with longitudinal 
pale ilripes. 
This fpecies is of a much longer and flenderer 
form than moft others of the genus: its color is 
commonly a darkifir brown, with feveral longitudinal 
ftripes of a lighter call:, and which are not always 
diftinftly vifible. The furface of the whole animal 
is clofely befet with innumerable papillae, fcarcely 
vhible without the afiifbmce of a glafs. By means 
of thefe it adheres tenacioufiy to the hand on touch¬ 
ing, fo as with difficulty to be feparated from the 
lkin. It is a native of the Eaftern parts of the 
world. 
