Shell. Tubular, regular, symmetrical, slightly curved longitudinally, tapering gradually to the rear, and opening in a round orifice at each end. Inhabits the British seas. Twenty-one species.

FAMILY III.
Amphitritæa. Four Genera.

1. Genus Pectinaria. Pl. [V].

Animal. Respiratory organs in general known, and disposed at or near the anterior part of the body; not separated or covered by an operculum.

Shell. A membranous papyraceous tube in the form of a reversed cone; unfixed; exterior covered with sandy adhesions. Two species.

2. Genus Sabellaria. Pl. [V].

Animal. But slightly differing from the Pectinaria.

Shell. Tubes numerous, united in a common mass, composed of agglutinated particles of marine substances, cellular at the base; orifice expanded. Found in the Indian Ocean. Two species.