POLYCH^TA. — BENHAM. 145 



The usual four black jaws, surrounded at their base by a 

 circle of soft stout conical processes, lie at the apex of the 

 pharynx. 



Remarks. — The occurrence of a Mediterranean species in 

 these waters appears at first rather remarkable. But we 

 may bear in mind that Eunice siciliensis and Hyalinoecia 

 iubicola are instances of the same wide distribution. More- 

 over, the present species has already been recorded from the 

 North Pacific and from the coasts of California and Japan 

 by Moore. 



It appears to me probable that G. amhoinensis, M'lntosh,^ 

 is synonymous with this. His specimen Avas in a poor state 

 of preservation, and apart from his statement that the 

 pharyngeal papillae are " conical '" it fits well with this. 



Logs. — East coast of Flinders Island, Bass Strait. 



Off Maria Island, Tasmania, 78 fathoms. 



Distrilmtion. — Mediterranean ; Atlantic ; North Pacific. 



Family OWENIID.^. 



Genus Owenia, delle Chiaje. 



OwENiA FUSiFORMis, delle Chiaje. 



Owenia fusijormis, delle Chiaje, Descr. notom. animal, 

 invert. Siciha citeriore, 1842. (PI. 175, figs. 1-6.) 



Ammochares ottonis, Grube, Beschr. neue oder wenig bek- 

 annter Anneliden, 1846, p. 164, 



Owenia filiformis, Claparede, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve, xix., 

 1868, p. 446. 



Owenia brachycera, Marion, Revue Sci. Nat. Montpellier, iv., 

 1875. 



Owenia tenuis, Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vii., 

 1883, p. 633. 



A shelly tube, 22 mm. in length and 4 mm. in diameter, 

 containing a fragment of a worm measuring 16 mm. by 2 mm., 

 and consisting of 8 chaetigerous segments without head or 

 anal end, must be attributed to this species, which as Ehlers- 

 has pointed out is of practically cosmopolitan distribution. 



1. M'Intosh— Chall. Rep., Zool., xii., 1885, p. 345. 



2. Ehlers — Die Polychseten des magellan. u. chilen. Strandes, 1901, 

 p. 193-. 



