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Augener's account in one particular. The hooks begin at the 3rd chaetiger and not at 

 the 4th as Augener states. In other respects they agree closely with Augener's descrip- 

 tion. Of the three specimens the tail in two is about one-fourth of the length of the rest 

 of the body, and in the third and larger specimen it is about one-half. The latter measure- 

 ment I believe to be misleading, as the body is much contracted and the tail well 

 expanded. The animals have a shaggy appearance owing to the thick coating of papillae, 

 which are rather longer in front than over the rest of the body. The bristles of the first 

 two feet are directed forward and form a strong cephalic cage. In the normal feet the 

 dorsal bristles are deUcate striated capillaries. The hooks of which there are one to three 

 in each neuropod begin at the 3rd chaetiger or first foot behind the cephalic cage. The 

 hooks correspond closely to Augener's figure. There are no transverse striae. 



Genus Flabelligera, Sars 

 Body fusiform, soft, enveloped in a thick mucous sheath, in which are embedded two 

 kinds of stalked papillae. Two large palps. Branchiae numerous, retractile, attached to 

 the head. Bristles of the first chaetiger, long, numerous and directed forward: they 

 form the cephalic cage. Dorsal bristles capillary, annulated. From the 2nd chaetiger 

 the neuropods carry one or two large compound or pseudo-compound hooks and a few 

 long, capillary bristles. Blood green. 



Flabelligera affinis, M. Sars. 



Fauvel, 1927, p. 113, fig. 40 a-j\ 1916, p. 450, with synonymies. 



Occurrence. St. WS 221 (i); WS 762 (i). 



Specific characters. Mucous sheath thick. Papillae with long stalks and with either 

 fusiform and elongated or short and clavate ends. The bristles of the first foot form the 

 cephalic cage. 



The normal dorsal bristles are striated capillaries and from the 2nd chaetiger the 

 neuropod carries one or two compound or pseudo-compound hooks. 



Family OPHELIIDAE 



1. No ventral groove Travisia 



A ventral groove present ... ... ... ... ■•• ••• ■■• ••• 2 



2. Ventral groove extends over whole length of body Ammotrypane 



Ventral groove absent from anterior region ... ... ... ... ... ... Ophelia 



Genus Travisia, Johnston 

 Body composed of two regions, an anterior cylindrical region and a narrower posterior 

 region rectangular in section. There is a short conical prostomium and a pair of evagin- 

 able nuchal organs. The segments are divided by superficial rings. Cirriform branchiae 

 on all chaetigers except the first and a few terminal segments. The posterior region is 

 distinguished by lateral lobes or eminences. Notopods and neuropods reduced to 

 bundles of simple capillary bristles. A lateral organ is present between the two rami. 

 Pygidium in the form of an anal cylinder. 



