THE 
DEMOCRATIC SALPA. 
Generic Character, 
Body tubular, nayant, gelatinous, open at each 
extremity, furnilhed with an oblique intelline. 
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Spec IF 1 c Cha ra c ter • 
FASCIATED SALPA, aculcatcd behind. 
The fpecies of Salpa here rcprcfcntcd is generally 
feen in large groiipcs or multitudes, fwimming 
confufedly in all directions, without any leader, 
plan or order; for which reafon Mr. Forfkall, its 
firft defcribcr, feems to have applied to it the title 
by which it is at prefent diflinguifhed. Almofl all 
the Salpsc arc natives of the Mediterranean, but 
this is principally found in the red fea. 
