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Aphrodite aculeata, Linnaeus. 

 Mentioned by Byerley as having been found " once at 

 Leasowe, and rarely on other parts of the shore ; " and by 

 Forbes (loc, cit.), as having been taken at the Isle of Man, 

 and also by Carrington on the Southport sands. A 

 specimen of A. aculeata was dredged by the L.M. B. C. in 

 the Channel between Puffin Island and Anglesea. It has 

 also been frequently brought for the Liverpool Museum 

 Aquaria by Liverpool fishermen ; and used to be found 

 occasionally at Egremont, and on the Bootle shore, by the 

 Museum Collector, Mr. Wood. 



Family. — Polynoid^ . 

 Lagisca projnnquay Malmgren. 



One specimen of this species was obtained in Hilbre 

 Swash, from a depth of four fathoms. The specimen was in 

 a rather mutilated condition, but the characteristic markings 

 on the spines, the scales, the dark spots at the bases of the 

 feet, and the absence of the tentacle proved its identity with 

 Malmgren's species, corresponding with Mcintosh's figures. * 

 The colouring of the head region did not agree with 

 Mcintosh's description, but the colour is not of much 

 specific value. 



The species does not occur in Byerley' s list ; it is 

 mentioned, however, by Mcintosh as having been found at 

 St. Andrews and Shetland. 



Harmothoe lunulata^ Delle Chiaje. 



Polynoe maculosa, Carrington, Proc. Manch. Lit. Phil. Soc , 1865. 

 This species is described by Mcintosh {loc, cit.) and by 

 Carrington {loc. cit.), in detail. 

 Acholoe astericola, Delle Chiaje. 



Polynoe asterince, Carrington, Proc. Manch. Lit. and Phil , 1865. 

 This species is described both by Mcintosh and Carring- 

 * Trans. Zool. Soc, vol. ix, p. 376, pi. Ixvii, 12. 



