PART III 

 ANNELIDA POLYCHAETA 



The Polychaetous Annelida herein reported include ten species, 

 nine of which were taken by the "Alva" World Cruise of 1931-1932, 

 in two archipelagoes of the Indo-Pacific region, the Society Islands 

 and the Palm Islands, Queensland, Australia. The remaining 

 species, Arenicola cristata Stimpson, was taken in Bermuda by 

 the "Alva" Mediterranean Cruise of 1933. 



Lepidonottcs wahlbergi Kinberg, a rare South African species, 

 is recorded here from the Society Islands, this being the third 

 record of the species, and the first of it outside of South African 

 waters, as well as the first specimen deposited in an American 

 Museum. The tropicopolitan Hesioyie 'pantherina Risso is recorded 

 for the first time from the Society Islands, with complete illus- 

 tration. The rare and strikingly beautiful Phyllodoce gracilis Kin- 

 berg, long insufficiently known, is redescribed and illustrated from 

 Tahiti, Kinberg's type-locality. Emiice lita (Chamberlin) hither- 

 to known only from a unique, collected in the Marshall Islands, is 

 reported from Raiatea Island, Society Islands. 



The species are distributed as follows : 



Lepidinotus wahlbergi, Raiatea Island, Society Islands. 



Amphinome rostrata (Pallas) , Raiatea Island, Society Islands and 

 Falcon Island, Queensland. 



Eurythoe complanata (Pallas), Tahiti, Society Islands. 



Hesione pantherina Risso, Tahiti, Society Islands. 



Phyllodoce gracilis Kinberg, Tahiti, Society Islands. 



Eunice afra Peters, Raiatea Island, Society Islands and Ingham 

 Island, Queensland. 



Eunice grubei Gravier, Falcon Island, Palm Islands, Queensland. 



Eunice lita (Chamberlin), Raiatea Island, Society Islands. 



Lumbriconereis latreilli, Falcon Island, Society Islands. 



Arenicola cristata Stimpson, Cooper's Island, Bermuda Islands. 



Thelepus plagiostoma Schmarda, Falcon Island, Palm Islands, 

 Queensland. 



