POLYCH.^TA. — BENHAM. 131 



" Endeavour " 

 Collection. Other Records. 



Kangaroo Island. 



Eunice ba-9-sensis 40 fathoms 



Notopygos labiatus 40 fathoms 



Cape Wiles. 



Sigalion, sp. incert 100 fathoms 



South of St. Francis Island. 



Thnlanessa ocvlata 35 fathoms 



Ophelia dannevigi 35 fathoms 



Notomastus eisigi 35 fathoms 



One hundred and forty-two mixes south-south-west of St. 

 Francis Island. 

 Sternasfis scvtala No depth given. .55-260 fathoms (Moore) 



Great Australian Bight. 



Notopygos labiatuts No depth wiven 



Scalisetosvs anstralienftis . ... ,, 



Cheilonereis peristomialis . . .250-450 fathoms 

 PhvUodocid, gen. et sp. indet. . .No depth given 



NEW SOUTH WALES. 

 Between Port Stephens and Newcastle. 



Eunice pycnobranchiata 22-fiO fathoms 



Oenone hnsvelli 22-60 fathoms 



III. — Geogkaphical Distribution. 



I have also tabulated the distribution of the species. 



Apart from the five widely distributed species {Eunice 

 siciliensis, Hyalinoecia tuhicola, Sternaspis scutata, Owenia 

 fusiformis, and Hesione splendida) the relation of the Austra- 

 lian fauna is distinctly A\ith that of the Pacific ; a very few 

 are Antarctic or Subantarctic, such as Nephthys macrura and 

 Nereis kerguelensis, yet both these enter the Pacific area, as 

 they have been recorded from New Zealand. 



The most pecuUar discontinuous distribution is that pre- 

 sented by Nereis arenaceodentata, hitherto found only off the 

 coast of Massachusetts. It is, however, a small form and 

 might readily be overlooked or regarded as an immature 

 individual of some larger species. 



Under each species its wider distribution, if any, is dealt 

 with in the text. 



It is interesting to note the great difference between the 

 Australian and New Zealand Polychaete fauna. Of the series 

 of species here recorded only six have been hitherto found 

 in the latter seas, apart from the widely distributed species 

 Oivenia fusiformis, Hyalinoecia tuhicola, and Sternaspis 

 - scutata. 



