longerthanpostsetal. Winged capillaries (Figure 

 9f) from first foot to middle of body and one or 

 two sometimes persisting in posterior feet. 

 Compound hooks (Figure 9d) from 3d or 4th 

 foot to 20th and simple hooks (Figure 9e) there- 

 after. All hooks with an oblique series of den- 

 ticles above larger first tooth. Acicula pale. 



Remark.'i. — This species is one of the com- 

 monest worms on the continental shelf of North 

 Carolina. The specimens are almost always 

 broken and the characteristic terminal feet with 

 their subequal filamentous lobes are usually 

 missing. For this reason and because there are 

 several species with comi)ound hooks ante- 

 riorly and closely related to L. o'/izcii-^is, the 

 characters of these North Carolina specimens 

 have been described in detail. The shape of 



Mx. Ill is important but difficult to describe for 

 the statement that Mx. Ill has one tooth is not 

 really accurate; actually it has no teeth, only a 

 cutting edge with an angular corner. L. magal- 

 hacnsci^ Kinberg, L. gracilis Ehlers, and L. linii- 

 cola Hartman, are all said to have "one tooth" 

 on Mx. Ill and it is necessary to see the fila- 

 mentous subequal lobes on the far posterior 

 feet to distinguish L. criizoi.'^in. The description 

 of L. cnizex.^is given by Hartman (1944a) fits 

 the North Carolina material in all respects ex- 

 cept that Mx. Ill are smaller than Mx. IV. 



Records. — Abundant off Beaufort in 20-200 

 m (21, *). This is a new record for the Atlantic 

 coast. 



Dist)'ibi(ti(iii. — British Columbia to Pacific 

 coast of Mexico; about 10 m to "slope depths". 



Fiyure H. — Liniiliriiicris cnizciisis a. anteriui' end; b. maxillae; c. man(lil)k's; d. (-(111111(11111(1 luxik; e. simple hdok; f, 

 winged capillary seta; y. anterior view of anterioi- foot; h. anterior view of middle foot; i. anterior view of far 

 posterior foot. 



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