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without stylets ; intestine convoluted, longer than body, without 

 diverticula, opening ])osteriorly at base of sucker. 



Tlie order includes a single 



P'amily Malacobdellidae : Malaoobdella. 



Literature Relating to Nemerteans of the Pacific Coast. 



Several publications dealing A^dth the nemerteans of the region 

 included in this report have appeared during the past six years. 

 Previous to that time but a single paper, published by Wm. Stimp- 

 son in 1857, contained special references to any of the nemerteans 

 of this vast region. Stimpson's paper contains brief Latin diagnoses 

 of three species from the west coast of North America. 



These include (1) the common European species, Emplectoneina 

 viride Stimpson = ^. gracile (Johnston), found by Stimpson in 

 San Francisco Harbor, and also common along the whole Pacific 

 coast of Alaska; (2) (Josmocephala beringiana Stimpson = Amph.%- 

 porus angidatus (Fabr.) from Bering Strait, and which occurs as 

 far south as Puget Sound ; (o) Cerebratulus impressus Stimpson = 

 Micrura impressa, also from Bering Strait. 



The first paper dealing exclusively with the nemerteans of this 

 region is a posthumous paper by B. B. Griffin, who had in mind the 

 publication of an extended monograph on the nemerteans of Puget 

 Sound. His preliminary report, which appeared in 1898, contains 

 brief diagnoses of twelve named species, biesides two forms which 

 are not designated by specific names. 



These were collected by Griffin at the following localities : 



- 1. Carinella sexlineata Griffin. Fuget Sound; Sitka, Alaska. 

 2. C. ruhra Griffin. Puget Sound; Sitka, Alaska. 



•3. Carinoina mutah'dis Griffin. Puget Sound; Strait of Juan de Fuca. 

 Varieties: aiy/illina, in hard blue clay; rasciilosa, in sand between tides. 



4. Empleetonema viride Stimpson =£. gracile (Johnston) Verrill. 

 Southern Alaska; Puget Sound. 



5. E. violaceum Griffin {nnit Burger) = E. hurgeri Coe. Poi"t Towns- 

 end, Piiget Sound. This form, which Griffin considers identical with 

 Biirger's species from the coast of Chile, has been shown elsewhere (Coe, 

 : 04, p. 115) to have been erroneously referred to this species, but it is 

 ideirtical with E. hurgeri Coe. 



6. Amphijionis impariapinosus Griffin. Sitka, Alaska; Puget Sound. 



7. .4. f(ir)ui<lohilis Griffin. Alaska and Puget Sound. 



