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Gulf, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, northward in Japanese 

 waters and down the East African coast, also in the New Hebrides, 

 Amboina and now in Flores Strait. 



Material examined: One specimen, somewhat broken, 

 dredged in 140 fathoms, in Flores Strait, off Larantuka Village, 

 Flores Island, Dutch East Indies, October 22, 1931, by the "Alva." 



Discussion : The single specimen taken by the "Alva" agrees 

 well with all the diagnostic characters of the species given by 

 M. Fauvel and Mr. Crossland, respectively. The head and typical 

 setae from the Flores Straits specimen are figured. The "Alva" 

 specimen appears to be the first record of this species from the 

 Flores Strait, a locality, however, which is well within the known 

 geographical region inhabited by this Annelid. 



The praestomium is tapered, bluntly conical, dorso-ventrally 

 compressed, quite papillose. The mouth parts are figured. The 

 body is subcylindrical, slightly flattened ventrally, narrowed ante- 

 riorily, attaining the greatest width about the twelfth to eighteenth 

 somite. The somites are short and wide and very numerous. A 

 typical parapodium is figured. These are well developed and have 

 the lobe supporting the setae well developed, especially on the 

 posterior somites. The setae are of three kinds : capillaries, com- 

 plex or jointed compound setae and needle-like, unjointed crochets. 

 The acicular articles are also figured. 



Colour : Mr. Crossland describes the colour of the living spe- 

 cimen as being bright pink. The present preserved material is a 

 deep creamy flesh color. 



Referencess Lumbriconereis latreilli, Audouin, J. V., and Milne 

 Edwards, H., Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Zool., 1834, ser. 2, t. II, 

 p. 381 ; Recherches Hist. Nat. Littoral de la France, etc., Paris, 

 1832-34, t. II, p. 168, pi. 3-B, figs. 13-15.— Crossland, C, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1924, p. 10, text fig. 8 (with synony- 

 my).— Fauvel, P., Mem. Indian Mus., Calcutta, 1931, vol. 

 XII, p. 152 (with sjoionymy) . 



