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side of the pharynx, the smaller posterior ones coiled in about 2 turns 

 in the base of the foot. 



Type only, Suruga Bay, 3,707, 63 to 75 fms. 



SIGALEONID^. 

 Thalanessa oculata Mcintosh. 



Sagami Bay, 3,702, 31-41 fms.; 3,704, 94-150 fms. 

 Leanira areolata Mcintosh. 



Sagami Bay, 3,695, 3,696, 3,698, 153 to 749 fms. 

 Leanira japonica Mcintosh? 



An incomplete specimen is doubtfully referred to this species, from 

 which it differs considerably in the shape of the elytra. 



Totomi Sea, 3,731, 55-65 fms. 



EUPHROSYNID^. 

 Euphrosyne superba v. Marenz. 



The single example which represents this species has only 7 pairs of 

 branchiae to each somite. 



Suruga Bay, 3,717, 63-100 fms. 



AMPHINOMIDJE. 

 Chloeia flava (Pallas) De Blain. 



This splendid annelid was collected in some numbers in 8 fathoms 

 at Tatyama, Japan. 



PHYLLODOCID^. 

 Eumidia caeca sp. nov. (PI. XXIII, figs, l, la.) 



A complete worm has 187 segments, and measures 88 mm. in length 

 and 4 mm. between the tips of the parapodia at the middle of the body. 

 Somewhat depressed, tapering about equally from the middle to both 

 bluntly pointed ends. 



Prostomium as viewed from above nearly circular, the postero- 

 lateral region somewhat encroached upon by the sides of the peris- 

 tomium. Eyes absent, but a dark spot near the center of the dorsal 

 surface. Frontal tentacles short, less than the transverse distance 

 between them, stoutly fusiform wdth the tip acute, those on each side 

 very close together, the ventral somewhat more caudad and about ^ 

 longer than the dorsal. Median tentacle very short, at extreme pos- 

 terior margin of peristomium. "Palpi," short lobes bounding the 

 mouth laterally and apparently connected with the peristomial somite. 



Peristomium of two united somites, about twice the width of the 

 head and equalling it in length, encirchng the prostomium as a promi- 



