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Sthenelais zetlandica — the original specimen of which 

 unfortunately I cannot discover. 



This list — including the last mentioned doubtful species 

 — ennumerates 88 species and two varieties. Both the 

 latter — Polyno'e haliceti var. hycence, and Sahella pavoiiia 

 var. bicowiiata are hitherto undescribed : while of the 

 former, one — Dasychone lierdmanl — is new to science ; 

 three are new to British waters, viz. : — Polyno<" (Lagisca) 

 extenuata, Autolytiis alexaudri, and Ampharete gruhei; 

 and 39 have been found for the first time in this district. 

 Of these the most important are PoUpio? castanea, P. 

 johnstoni, Halosydna gelatinosa, Hermadion pellucidum, 

 Sthenelais boa and S. limicola, Spinther o)iiscoides, Eunice 

 harassii, Onuphis conchilega, Nereis virens, Syllis tuhifex, 

 Psamathe fusca, Castalia punctata , PliyUodoce maciilata, 

 Glycera go'i'si, Ammotrypane aulogaster, Capitella capi- 

 tata, Nicomache liunhricalis, Axiothea catenata, Scoloplos 

 armiger, Cirratulns tentaculatus, Nerine cirratidiis, Am- 

 phitrite figulus, Nicolea venustnia, Ampliicora fahricia, 

 and Serpula reversa. Species recorded for the first time 

 in this district are prefixed by an asterisk, thus: — *S. boa. 

 At the end a table is given showing the world-distribution 

 of local species side by side with details of the distribution 

 of these forms in our own area. The bathymetrical range 

 is also supplied so far as the often scanty data permit of. 

 I fear the details of distribution outside our local area are 

 not so complete as could be wished — several memoirs 

 being out of my reach for consultation. However, so 

 little has been done in the way of tabulating records of 

 distribution that I venture to think that the present may 

 prove useful to students of the group. 



From my observations on the vertical range of local 

 Annelids, I would divide them under three heads — {a) 

 littoral forms, {h) deep water foi-ms, i.e., ranging down- 



