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but under a very high magnification they appear to have a forked or bifid tip (Fig. 34/). 

 With the material at my disposal I cannot be certain of this, for I have been able to 

 examine very few of these bristles and the apparent bifid tips may be the result of frac- 

 ture or wear. The ventral bristles are simple and strongly denticulated with numerous, 



■IMM 



o 



•DIMM 



f 



Fig. 34. Loandalia aberram. 

 a. Head from above. e. Notopodial bristles. The ends 



b- Palp. are broken. 



c. Middle foot. /. Smaller notopodial bristle. 



d. Feet from branchiate region g. Ventral bristles. 



seen from above. h. Dorsal view of anal plate. 



transverse frills of teeth (Fig. 34^). They are more like certain types of Polynoid bristle 

 than any other. 



The body ends in a large, rounded, concave, anal plate (Fig. 34 h) carrying on its 

 edge three papillae, a median and two lateral. 



