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2. } Lcpidonohis adxf>crsus (ir. l'l. W\\ li*;'. 14. 



GruüE. Annclideii-f;uina der Philippincn, p. 30, l'l. II, tig. 7. 



Stat. 299. 10° 52.4 Lat. S-, 123° i'.i Long. E. Cyrus Bay, South-coast of Rotti Island. Depth 

 34 M. I specimen. 



A specimen, dredged at the above-named Station, presumably mu.st be identitied with 

 Lep. adspersus, described by Grube iVom the PhiHppines. It has a length of about 1 5 mm. and 

 a breadth of 6 mm. (with bristles) ; it is dari-c coloured, the head as vvell as the elytra being 

 provided with a blackish pigment. The head is more long than broad with a shallow median dorsal 

 groeve; its anterior eyes are situated on the lateraj prominences, whereas the posterior ones 

 He hidden under a nuchal collar, that has no papillae on its anterior border. The lateral antennae 

 are inserted upon stout, blackish frontal stalks ; they are provided with a black ring on their 

 dilated subterminal |)art, beneath the hliform tip, like in the tentacular and dorsal cirri and the 

 ventral cirrus of the tirst setigerous parapodium. The tentacle is absent. The elytra (PI. XIV, fig. 14) 

 are elongated-oval, with their scar of attachment situated a bit eccentrically : nearly their whole 

 surface is covered with small, pointed tubercles, among which there is a number of larger ones. 

 Some of them, especiall\- in the area of the scar of attachment, are surrounded by black 

 pigment, whereas there is also sometimes a black patch in front of the latter. .Along the 

 posterior and e.xterior border of the scales there is a row ot stiff, cylindrical papillae, all of 

 the same length. Both lobes of the parapodia are nearly of the same length, pointed triangu- 

 lar, and provided with brown aciculae and yellow setae. The notopodial bristles, with a slender 

 distal tip, are covered with densely crowded, spirally arranged laciniate fringes; the neuropodial 

 ones have a seconclary tooth beneath the tip and about ten denticulated rows on their dilated 

 subterminal part, the di.stal of which bear some large teeth. The dorsal cirri are nearly as long 

 as the neuropodial fascicles; the ventral cirri are tapering and do not reach beyond the origine 

 ot the last ones. 



3. Lcpidonotits albo-pustulatiis Horst. PI. XIV, figs. 15 and 16. 



Horst, Zool. Mededeel. R. Museum Nat. Historie, Leiden, \ol. I, 191 5, p. 4. 



Stat. 305. Solor Strait. Depth 113 M. i specimen. 



A nice brownish worm, with golden-yellow bristles; it measures nearly 25 mm. in length, 

 whereas its breadth (with bristles) is about 10 mm. The tentacle and the lateral antennae are 

 about of the same length, with a white hliform tij; and subterminal dilatation ; the palps are 

 rather short, with a stout basal part, tapering distally. The eyes of each side lie close to one 

 another; the anterior of them are situated on the lateral prominences of the head. The elytra 

 (PI. XIV, hg. 15) are overlapping each other in the median dorsal line; they are oval, with 

 a smooth margin. The free part of their surface is brownish-red, whereas the covered area, 

 like the scar of attachment is whitish ; in front of the last one, there is a dark-brownish 

 spot, whereas behind it there occurs a group of large white spines, passing into a band of 

 obtuse, wart-like ])apillae, situated along the inner margin and visible bv low power; examined 



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