New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-12
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

EIGHTH LEcTURE-BY PROF. AGAsSIl.
,,,der ~, T,,..,sy D. B,a' os-ap's-'s ss"of
ARTICULATA.
fyseNgs. tNOrns.l
J. H,lo,,Hthes ....... Intestinal Worm'j
O. spoda...........(With feet)
G. cAefopoda ....... with feet like hsirs)
T. Hors6rack,ata .(Gills 90 the back
D. T,s5ui.branel,ata (Cins like tubes)
H. INsgcTA................n nsects)
D dIaohpeido. .lspiders)
g. Suoforia. ......... iSuckers)
O. Mndi5ulafa ..... with jaws)
NJ. .Cnrsrscra ...tCrus'aeesnsl
T. Pprasiia .......... tPmasites)
. Eafs.aos,rooo. with articuaied claws)
Nslaeosfrooa ....CWith calcareous claws)
MOLLUSCA
l..ACFIHELA..............iW iihout heaol
T. Bryosoa ..........t Moss anmals)
p Tt,uioafa .........( Having a coat
o. Broclioyoda. with feet like arms
g. Monomy,r,a .....i With one nuclei
p D1aya,ia ......... With two muscles)
~ e.srspogop, Feet below the abdomenl
pbi,benfeya with branched intestine)
@ Troesoiaea. frrochuslike)
Rgccinoidea .......( Buccinium-iike)
l. Pufmonaia ........ with aerial giiis)
III fleet round the heeal
l. Spi0dfa ...........ts quids)
. Saufloidta. .tNautilus-lkeD
2 snoeuiiid,a $3.50. (Ammonites-lke)
r,n,Es AND GENTLEMEN / know no greater
desulty which a lecturer is called on to encounter
,t,n that created by the necessity OF crowding
,,s.t ouantty of matter into q limited space That
dscpty cannot avoid on this occasion. In this
l..,ore must finish what | have TO say on the
inns and introduce the insect and crustacea; In
If 81 ON ltn
h,ber animals and for general observations on the
pheDomena Of gradual or successive introduction OF
,,oss through geological times, which will, think,
crennstpte a becoming conclusion 10 course OF 10
lectures in order 10 show how the succession
,yrees with the classification and structure.
hall avoid repeating what | said in the last
,seure ard proceed at once to the remaining types
zinc class of worms The families which we have
,,aaisd are the lowest-thOse without any external
,ppendages, provided only with transverse artlcu-
h,ions or wings The other worms are not para
s,;cal: AT least few them are, and most OF them
have shorter bodies composed OF fewer wings than
he intestinal worms In one Of the families which
"a received the name of Ap0dd, and contains
sreat number Of ircsh-water worms, we nave that
extraordinary type in which the aimentary canal IS
hrsnchrd like bOOd-vcsscl 10 is very beauil'
HI sight TO see through the transparent body, the
sunacb branching like q bOod.vesscl contracting
ksearieres andthe ahmentary fluid running through
se vessels like blood, TO the periphery. Several
reto be found in this neighborhood III ponds and
nulets some Of them being very beautiful. II they
were not so minute could have had the pleasure
d showing some of these worms, ms have now
,,yeral alive which were collected in the vicinity
efihis CITY They are among the objects which
vii interest in the highest degree all who take the
roobe Of looking for them. They are usually found
snder stones in fresh water. Their form is that OF
tie leech, aud they are usually mistaken TOR leech-
q The eech belongs to this type but is more
kEhly organized than these. the so called PtaHarlo
Tber torr, nresenls this appcaranCe. &JXrzsQ -