Benham. — Polychaetous Annelid* from Kermadec Island®. 171 



LIST OF THE SPECIES. 

 Fam. Amphinomidae. 



Amphinome nitida Haswell, 1879. 



Locality. — Sunday Island : (a.) In husk of coconut cast ashore on Denham 

 Bay beach, 25/6/08 (Oliver), thirteen individuals, of which Oliver writes : 

 " Colour is slate, lighter below ; bristles white ; gills slate, tips reddish- 

 brown." (b.) One specimen (R. S. Bell). 



Distribution. — Cape Grenville, Queensland (Haswell). 



It seems to be closely allied to, if not identical with, A. jukesi Baird, 

 1868. 



Eurythoe complanata Pallas, 1766. 



Locality. — (a.) Coral Bay, Sunday Island, one. (b.) Meyer Island, in 

 rock-pools, three (2/2/08 and 19/5/08). Oliver states that it is " delicate 

 pinkish white." 



Distribution. — Very wide, in tropical and sub-tropical seas, where coral 

 reefs occur. Indo-Pacific ; West Indies ; also Mediterranean. 



Hipponoe gaudichaudi Audouin and Milne-Edwards, 1830. 



Locality. — Sunday Island : " Cast up on Denham Bay beach, 19/10/08." 

 Three individuals.* 



Distribution. — Port Jackson (type); north of Bermuda; also in north 

 Pacific ("Challenger"); at Woods' Hole, Massachusetts (Moore, 1903). 



Fam. Aphroditidae. 



Lepidonotus glaucus Peters, 1854. f 



Localiti/. — Coral Bav. Sunday Island (Oliver) ; one female and one male 

 (R. S. Bell). 



Distribution. — Red Sea ; Philippines; Ceylon; Samoa; Fiji; Maldives; 

 Zanzibar. 



Lepidonotus simplicipes Haswell, 1883. 



Locality. — (a.) Coral Bay, Sunday Island (Oliver), eight, (b.) Sunday 

 Island (R. S. Bell), five, (c.) Meyer Island (Oliver), five, " under stones 

 amongst gravel." 



Distribution. — Griffith's Point, Western Port, Australia (Haswell). 



Sigalion sp. nov. ; affin. S. ainboinenis Grube, 1877. 



Locality. — Denham Bay, Sunday Island, " dredged in 20 fathoms, on 

 sandy bottom, 5/2/08 " (Oliver) ; a single individual. 



Fam. Phyllodocidae. 



Phyllodoce macrolepidota Schmarda, 1861. 



Locality. — Crater Rocks, Sunday Island (Oliver) ; ' under stones near 

 low water, 25/7/08." He notes that it is " green in life." 



Distribution. — Philippines (Grube) ; Ceylon (Schmarda), (Willey). 



Phyllodoce sp. nov. ; affin. P. foliosopapillata Hornell, 1903. 

 Locality. — Meyer Island ; one specimen. 



* See " Addendum " on p. 173. 



tEhlers (Z. Kenntniss d. Ostafrickan. Borstenw., 1897) has established the 

 identity of the well-known L. trissochaetus Grube, 1869, with Peters's species. 



