Genus Iphione Kinberg'J. 



Prostomium normal, with two pairs of small eyes and a small tubercle in the middle 

 line posteriorly. Lateral antennae with elongated basal part. A nuchal collar present. Elytra 

 showing- a secondarv areolation beneath the superficial one. Notopodial fascicle very prominent. 



I. Iphiojic iiinricata (.Sav.). 



Savignv, Système des Annélides, p. 21, PI. III, lïg. i. 



GruBE, Annulata Semperiana, p. 21. 



Gravier, Annélides polychètes de la Mer rouge, p. 226, PI. IX, figs. 129 — 135. 



WiLi.EV, Polychaeta, Ceylon pearl oyster report, p. 246, PI. I. fig. 6. 



Stat. 34. Anchorage oft" Labuan Pandan, Lombok. Reef. i specimen. 



Stat. 49=1. 8°23'.5 Lat. S., ii9°4'.6 Long. i:. Sapeh Strait. Depth 69 M. i specimen. 



Stat. 104. Sulu harbour, Sulu Island. Depth 14 M. i young specimen. 



Stat. 11;. East side of Pajunga Island. Reef. i specimen. 



Stat. 125. Anchorage of Sawan, Siau Island. Depth 27 M. i specimen. Reef. i specimen. 



Stat. 127. Taruna Bay, Great Sangir Island. Depth 45 M. 2 specimens. 



Stat. 131. Anchorage oft" Beo, Karakelang Islands. Reef. i specimen. 



Stat. 142. Anchorage oft' Laiwui, coast of Obi Major. Reef. i specimen. 



Stat. 144. Anchorage north of Damar Island. Reef. 2 specimens. 



Stat. 162. Between Loslos and Broken Islands, West-coast of Salawatti. Depth 18 M. i specimen. 



Stat. 164. i°42'.5 Lat. S., 130° 47'. 5 Long. E., South oft' Salawatti Island. Depth 32 M. i 



specimen. 

 Stat. 174. Waru Bay, North coast of Ceram. Reef. i young specimen. 

 Stat. 193. Sanana Bay, East-coast of Sula Besi. Reef. 7 specimens. 

 Stat. 213. Saleyer Anchorage and surroundings. 5 specimens. 



Stat. 220. Anchorage off" Pasir Pandjang, West coast of Binongka. Reef. 2 specimens. 

 Stat. 225. Off" South-Lucipara Island. Depth 894 M. 3 specimens. 

 Stat. 231. Ambon Anchorage. Reef. 8 specimens. 

 Stat. 234. Nalahia Bay, Nusa Laut Island. Reef. 2 specimens. 

 Stat. 240. Banda Anchorage. Depth 9 — 45 M. i young specimen. 

 Stat. 250. Anchorage oft" Kilsuin, West-coast of Kur Island. Reef. i specimen. 

 Stat. 273. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru Islands. Depth 13 M. i specimen. 

 Stat. 282. 8°25'.2 Lat. S., I27°i8'.4 Long. E. Between Nusa Besi and N. E. point of Timor. 



Depth 27 — 54 M. 2 specimens. 

 Stat. 301. 10° 38' Lat. S., 123° 2 5. '2 Long. E. Pepela Bay, East coast of Rotti Island. Reef. 



I specimen. 

 Stat. 310. 8° 30' Lat. S., 1 19°7'.5 Long. E. Sapeh Bay, Sumbawa. Depth "/t, M. i young specimen. 

 Stat. 315. Anchorage East oft" Sailus Besar, Paternoster Islands. Depth to 36 M. i specimen. 

 Aru Islands, East coast. Van Kampen. Febr. 1907. i specimen. 



As proved by the long list of Stations, quoted above, IpJiitmc vmricata is a univer- 

 sally distributed worm in the Malay archipelago ; it was already found by Semon in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Amboina-) and by Michaelsen near Turtle island^). Some specimens show a dark 

 pigment along the margin of the elytra, whereas an oblique longitudinal band occurs over their 

 middle. Because of their lateral situation the eyes are hardly visible dorsally. The large fascicles of 



1) Loc. cit. p. 8. 



2) Coi.LlN, Polychaten, p. 741: Semon', Zool. Forschungsreisen in Australien u. d. Mal. .Archipel. 



3) AuGENER, loc. cit. p. 98. 



