92. ie : Natural “Hitory 
onder it, Fick ook inferted in the F ore- “part Of the Neck. 
: lke of this ; are hooked: at th ) i 
ae Ae Divifion, asi turning 1 
2 a Towards the. ‘uppe of tl age fix” 
_ three of a Side, formed pike ie ool of fix Quill 
oe ch i in the Shape of Oars. Bea 
‘The {mall Peet on each Side, Abin to vite Tail, are com- f ; 
poled of Tufts of minute pe pointed fhining Quills, 
Seale Contec ae the Body is a found ewe which, pron ed 
ee is ‘the Matrix, or Wan of the Animal.” 
‘Lhe Deferipton ofa To BULAR Spe Malta. e 
as other Species of. Bairdals,: ‘belies Polypes, are the Fae e 
bricators of Tubular Corallines, I thought it might noma oe 
be improper to introduce a Defcription of fome. curious Tubes, 
with their Animals, brought in Spirits from the Sea-coaft of 
the Ifand of Malta, communicated to me by my worthy — 
andi ingenious Friend, Mr. Perer Collinfon, F,R.S. and de- - 
Acribed 3 in Plate XXXIV. 1 {hall call this. Coraline : 4 
Pa Corallina Tubilari 1a Meliten i Sy foolopendrit, tentaculs dion 
eon bus duplicato-pennatis Eines, : | a) 
3 age Penscilla maring? 4h Mae Ae ee E 3 ee 
| Maltefe Tubular Coralline. 
When I took thefe T ubes and ere out of i S siete ae 
; i Wine, I perceived a {mall fimy Bag, into which the Bafes, 
_ or firft Beginnings of feveral of thefe ues, were inferted,, 
“as may. be obferved at Fig. de 
| The Tubes, which are built by. fhe. arclaee Animals, i in- iy. 
creale Reredually in nee as oe rife in Height. | The 
Se. Stem. Leet outlide | 
