TOREA PELAGLCA. 131 



Alciopa edwardsii Krohn, Arrhiv. naturges., 1847, 13, p. 39; Grube, Arohiv. naturges., 1850, 16, p. 305; 

 Heeing, De Alcioparum partibus genitalibus organisque excretoriis Lipsiae, 1860, p. 3, 5; Sit- 

 zungsb. K. akad. wissensch. Wien. Math, naturw. klasse, 1892, 101, p. 721. pi. 1, 2. Ehlers, 

 Borstenwtirmer, 1864, p. 176. 



Krohnia edwardsii Quatref.\ge.s, Ann. sci. nat., 1850, 13, p. 118. 



Liocapa vitrea A. Costa, Ann. Mus. zool. Univ. Napoli, 1864, 2, p. 167. 



Liocapa cantrainii CL.\PARi;DE, .\nn(?lides Chdtop. GoUe Naples, 1868, p. 252. 



Alciopa micTocephala ViGtriER, Arch. zool. exper., 1886, ser. 2, 4, p. 104. 



Locality. Between Peru and Easter Island: Sta. 4681 (lat. 18° 47' S., 

 long. 89° 26' W.). 300 fms. to surface. Surface temp. 69° F. 8 December, 1904. 

 The anterior ends of two specimens. 



The fragments are small, and consist of fourteen and seventeen somites 

 respectively. They do not at present have the characteristic transparency of 

 cantraini, but this is probably due to the preservation. At present they are 

 light brown. The parapodia appear stouter, and the cirri also somewhat more 

 slender than usual in the species, the whole, in fact, appearing to be a somewhat 

 more slender form. In view, however, of the close agreement in the eyes, ten- 

 tacles, tentacular cirri, and the anterior region in general, the slight differ- 

 ences noted may be neglected. A. cantrainii is widespread in the Mediterranean 

 Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and has been previously recorded from the Pacific 

 as well. 



ToREA Quatrefages. 



Ann. sci. nat., 1850, 13, p. 34; Hist. nat. annelfe, 1865, 2, p. 159. 



Ldocapa A. Cost.\, Ann. Mus. zool. Univ. Napoh, 1862, 1, p. 87. 



Liocape Costa, Ibid., 1864, 4, p. 55. 



Asterope CLAPARfeoE, Annelides Chetop. Golfe Naples Suppl., 1870, p. 107; Greeff, Nova acta Acad. 



Caesareae Leop.-Carol., 1876, 39, p. 55; Ap.stein, Ergebn. Atlant. Ocean * * * Plankton-exped., 



1900, 2, H. b., p.-7. 



Asterope Claparede has been used by most \vriters since the date of its 

 establishment. But as vitrea, the type-species of Torea, is now recognized as a 

 synonym of Candida, the type of Asterope, the two genera are completely synony- 

 mous and Torea, having a priority of twenty years, must be used. Liocapa Costa, 

 also a synonym, has precedence over Asterope. Its type-species, vertebralis, is 

 also identical with Candida. 



Torea pelagica, sp. nov. 



Plate 24, fig. 4-9. 



The body is very slender. The anterior fragment of the type, consisting 

 of the head and eighteen somites, is, without the proboscis, 4 mm. long. The 

 somites immediately succeeding the head are very narrow, the others increasing 



