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barely twice the length of the prostoniium, but the other cephalic 

 appendages are longer and much more slender than in the typical 

 form. The median tentacle is about 3J times and the lateral tentacles 

 nearly If times the length of the prostomiimi. The cirrophores of 

 the dorsal cirri reach to the end of the notopodia and the slender styles 

 possess long fihform tips which reach to the tips of the longest seta\ 

 The elytra are thimier and more membranous and their shape more 

 ovate-reniform. They also have larger, firmer, and more mammilif orm 

 papillffi. But the chief distinction is a strong fringe of cilia along the 

 outer margin of each of the elytra. The general color is reddish 

 brown and the elytra bluish pearl with the larger papillae orange brown. 

 The label states that this specimen was taken from the branchial 

 chamber of an 11-pound crab. Station 4276, Alitak Bay, Kadiak 

 Island, Alaska, 22-25 fathoms, fine sand and mud. 



Harmothoe imbricata (Linn.) Malmgren. 



Harmothoe imbricata, Mcintosh, Monograph of British AnneUds, Part II, 1900, 

 pp. 314-327. 



All of the specimens of this ubiquitous species, which is already well 

 known from the North Pacific, are of small size, the largest being 30 

 mm. long and most of them much smaller. They present the usual 

 color varieties seen in Atlantic Coast specimens, some being more or less 

 strongly mottled, others having a median light or dark brown band of 

 greater or less breadth. The marginal papillae on the elytra may be 

 numerous or nearly absent. The two specimens from Kilisut Harbor 

 have the smooth tips of the notopodial setae longer than usual. 



Kilisut Harbor, near Port Townsend, Washington; and Stations 4269, 

 Afognak Bay, Afognak Island, Alaska, 14^19 fathoms, hard gray sand 

 and rocks; 4271, same region, 11^-20 fathoms, hard gray sand and 

 rocks ; 4275, Alitak Bay, Kadiak Island, Alaska, 35-36 fathoms, 

 green mud and fuie sand ; 4289, Uyak Bay, Kadiak Island, 74-80 

 fathoms, gray mud. 



Harmothoe hirsuta Johnson. 



Harmothoe hirsuta Johnson, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., (3), I (Zoology), pp, 182, 

 183. 



Three examples referred to this species indicate that it is subject to 

 considerable variation. The examination of an extensive series of the 

 Harmothoes from this region will be necessary to estabhsh the exact 

 status of these variants. 



Stations 4205, Admiralty Inlet, Port Townsend, Alaska, 15-26 

 fathoms, rocks and shells, a single specimen which agrees with John- 

 son's description and figures accurately except that the elytra, although 



