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ANNELIDA. 

 Sthenelais gracilis, sp. nov. 



A small, sleuder, delicate species. Scales white, smooth, outer edge 

 with few (12-16) very small, unequal, tapering papillfe, which are not 

 crowded, the longest about as long as the intervening spaces. Head 

 short, broad, the posterior and lateral margins rounded, the front emar- 

 ginate. Eyes black, conspicuous ; the posterior x)air on the dorsal sur- 

 face in advance of the middle of the head ; anterior pair nearer together, 

 close to the anterior margin ; median antenna long, stout at base, tapering 

 to a slender tip ; the palpi have about the same form and length as the 

 median antenna. Dorsal setiE longer than the ventral, extremely slender, 

 tapering gradually toward the very fine tips, and A'ery minutely serrulate. 

 Upper ventral setae (2-4) simple, very slender, with the shaft smooth, the 

 serrate i)ortion broader, with rather long ascending spinules, the tips 

 tapering to a long fine point ; the median setie, above the acicula, have 

 longer, much stouter, smooth shafts, expanded distally, with the terminal 

 portion long, curved, divided into eight to twelve imperfect joints, taper- 

 ing to very slender capillary tips, which are mostly acute, sometimes 

 faintly hooked. Below the acicula there are others, similar in structure, 

 but with the shaft not so stout, and with the terminal piece shorter, with 

 fewer joints ; the lower portion of the fascicle consists of numerous, 

 much more slender, capillary set®, with smooth shafts and verj^ long, 

 slender, tapering, terminal pieces, composed of ten to twelve or more 

 imperfect joints. 



Harbor of Gloucester, Mass., 7 to 10 fathoms, sand, 1879 (U. S. Fish 

 Commission). Described from alcoholic specimens. 



Sthenelais Emertoni, sp. uov. 



A small, slender species, with white, translucent scales, their outer 

 edge with very small, nearly equal, slender papillae, often slightly 

 clavate at tip, and rather near together, their interspaces being mostly 

 less than their length ; surface partially covered with minute rounded 

 verrucae. 



Dorsal setae very slender, capillary, very minutely transversely serru- 

 late. Few (about 4) upi^er ventral setae, simple, long, slender, with the 

 terminal portion sharply serrulate, the tips fine and sharp; next to 

 these are some slender compound setae, the terminal piece slender, 

 straight, of moderate length, acute, with six to eight imperfect joints ; 

 the median setae have much stouter, smooth shafts, expanded distally, 

 and a nearly straight, short, rapidly tapering, sharply pointed, terminal 

 piece, of four to six joints ; below these are some with similar though 

 smaller shafts, and a short, stout, terminal i>iece, hooked at the tip, and 

 with a sharp ascending spine at about the distal tliird ; others of the 

 same size have the terminal piece very acute, with six to eight or 

 more joints ; the lowest are very slender, with a longer, very fine, taper- 

 ing, terminal piece, imperfectly divided into about four to six joints, at 

 each of which there is a projecting acute angle like a tooth; the last of 



