BY WILLIAM A. HASWELL, M.A., B.SC. 66?) 



thorax are extremely numerous ; in the abdomen they are fewer 

 — there being about seventy to eighty in each segment ; they 

 each possess about fifteen teeth, which are nearly all alike in size 

 and shape. 



Schmax'da's description does not entirely suit the Port Jackson 

 species ; but it is more likely that he described an imperfectly 

 preserved variety than that there are two distinct kinds. It 

 is somewhat nearly related to Grube's Serpula tricomigera (1) 

 from the Philippines ; among other points, however, I think 

 it may be distinguished by the form of the distal surface of the 

 operculum, which in Grrube's species is described as having in 

 the centre a depression surrounded by a calcareous ring and 

 having inserted in it a three-sided stem which gives origin to 

 the three antler-like processes. In the form of the setee and in 

 the rest of tbe operculum the resemblance between these two 

 forms is very close. 



6. Vermilia strigiceps. 

 Pomatoceros strigiceps, Morch. 



Vermilia strigiceps, Quateefages, torn, cit., p. 521. 



"Operculum orbiculare, planum, impressione dilatata-deltoidea 

 in adultis sensim obliterate . Testa agglomerata, repens, triquetra. 

 Carina dorsalis compressa, acuta, laciniata, rostrata, basi utrinque 

 serie punctorum impressorum. Latera convexa. Lirae incrementi 

 ssepe laminata?, conferral " (Morch, as quoted by Quatrefages.) 



This species, which is unknown to me, is said to occur in the 

 ft orth of Australia and in New Zealand. 



7. Vermilia c^spitosa. 



[Plate XXXI., fig. 5, and Plate XXXII., figs. 1 and 2.] 



Galeolaria ccespitosa, Lamk, Hist. Nat. des An. s. vert., t. V., p. 636 ; 

 Blainville. Art. Vers, Diet, des Sc. Nat. Atl., pi. I, fig. 4 and 4a. 



Vermilia ccespitosa, Quatref. Hist. Nat. des Ann. t II., p. 531 (1865.) 

 Serpula (GaUolaria) ccespitosa, Grube, Troschel's Archiv, Band XXI., 

 p. 126, Taf. V., fig. 4 (1855.) 



Vermiha iiisidiosa, Qcatrefages, t. cit., p. 532. 



Galeolaria decumbens Baird, I.e. Explanation of Plate. 



(1) Annulata Semperiana, p. 273, Taf. XV., fig. 7- 



