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conspicuous small white spot from which the markings somewhat 

 radiate. 



Proboscis of one specimen (cotype) protruded nearly 3 mm., width 

 1.7 mm., cylindroid, depressed slightly, orifice with nine dorsal and 

 nine ventral prominent papillae. Jaws pale brown, the fangs large and 

 prominent, the ventral biting to right; cutting plates low and curved 

 caudo-laterad. 



There are four specimens, two from each station and three of them 

 are filled with nearly mature ova and sperm. 



This species is closely related to H. imbricata but differs obviously 

 in the much more posterior position of the anterior eyes, which are 

 placed more nearly as in H. crassicirrata. 



Stations 4,420 (cotype), off San Nicolas Island, 238 fathoms, hard 

 black mud; 4,431 (type and cotype), off Santa Rosa Island, 3S-41 

 fathoms, green mud, coarse sand and rocks. 



Harmothoe sp. ? 



A small specimen denuded of all cephalic appendages, cirri and 

 elytra. The seta- rather closely resemble those of Lagisca elizabethi 

 as figured by Mcintosh. It is possible that this may be the species 

 recorded by Treadwell in his paper on Polychaeta of Hawaiian waters 

 under the name of Harmothoe halmta. According to Treadwell's 

 account his specimens differ consideralby from Mcintosh's description. 



Station 4,463, Monterey Bay, off Point Pinos Light, 48-111 fathoms, 

 rocky. 



Harmothoe hirsuta Johnson. 



Harmothoe hirsuta Johnson, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 3d Series, Zoology, Vol. 

 I, pp. 182, 183, figs. 27-29, 38 and 53. 



This species, originally described by Johnson from San Pedro, has 

 since been recorded by Ehlers from the coast of Chile, by Treadw r ell 

 from the vicinity of San Diego and by the writer from Alaska and 

 Paget Sound. Unfortunately the latter record is partly erroneous 

 owing to an apparently mistaken belief that marked changes take 

 place in the character of the scales and setae during growth. This 

 error is corrected under the heading of Eunoe barbata of which species 

 one of the Puget Sound specimens referred to in 1908 under the name 

 of H. hirsuta is the type. 



The elytra and setae are quite characteristic and agree closely with 

 Johnson's figures. Some of the marginal polygonal areas bearing the 

 large papillae may be ill-defined, the spines are often rough, bifid or 

 trifid and the cilia on the posterior are as long as those on the lateral. 



