ARKIV FÖU ZOOLOGI. 



BAND 7. N:o 5. 



An Account of Arenicola loveni Kinberg. 



By 

 J. H. ASHWORTH, D. Se. 



Lecturer in Invertebrate Zoology in the University of Edinburgh, 



With One Plate and a Text-Figure- 



Communicated Sept. 14th by Hj. Théel and Chr. Aurivillius. 



Historical Account. 



The species Arenicola loveni Kinberg was founded on a 

 specimen collected at Port Natal, near Durban; it was defined 

 by J. G. H. Kinberg in his »Annulata Nova»^ in the follow- 

 ing terms — »Segmentum buccale triannulum; segmenta 

 setigera 20 quorum sex anteriora singuhimque postremum 

 ebranchiata; longitudino 395 — 400 mm.; latitudo 20 mm.» 

 FoUowing this diagnosis is the reference >>Eug. Resa, Ann. T. 

 XXVIII. 1.» This plate XXVIII forms one of a series, ^ con^ 

 taining figures of the Annulata collected on the voyage round 

 the world of the frigate »Eugenie», prepared for issue in 1857, 

 that is, ten years prior to the publication of the diagnosis of 

 the species. Although copies of the plate were printed they 

 were never actually published. The figures on this plate 

 relating to Arenicola loveni were, until recently, known to me 

 only through a short description of them published by Pro- 

 fessor Fauvel. ^ My thanks are due to Professor Théel for 

 his kindness in sending to me a copy of this interesting plate. 



^ öfversigt Kongl. Vetenskaps- Akad. Förhandl. 1866, p. 355, Stock- 

 holm. 1867. 



^ Kongl. Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden. Zoologi. 

 Annulata. Stockholm, 1857. 



^ Fauvel, P. »Observations sur les Arénicoliens». in: Mém. Soc. Xation. 

 Se. Natur. Math. Cherbourg. T. XXXI. p. 179. 1899. 



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