514 CIKROSTOMl. 



Hist. ii. 1838, p. 381 ; Sundevnll S,- Loveii, Foihandl. Skand. Nalnrf. 



2de mode, Kjobenh. 1841, p. 280 ; llatJike, Bemerkuncfen iiber den 



Bail des A. Z., Kouigsberfr, 1841, 4to ; Guodsir, Trans. B. Soc. Edinh. 



XV. p. 1 ; Kolliker, in Mi'dl. Arch. 1843, p. 32 (organ of smelling) ; 



Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 415, pi. 248. 

 Amphioxus belcheri, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 35 

 Branchiostoma belcheri, Gray, Chondropt. ^p. 150. 



caribseum, Sundev. CEfvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 1853, p. 11. 



elongatum, Sundev. I. c. 1852, p. 147. 



lanceolatum. Gray, Clwndropt. p. 150 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. 



p. 753 ; 3Iax Schultze, Verhand. ntrh. Vereins preuss. Bheinl. xix. 



Sitzf/sber. p. 197, and in Siebold ^ Kolliker's Zeitschr. iv. 1852, p. 410, 



taf. 13. figs. 5 & 6 ; Miiller, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Bcrl 1851, p. 474 ; 



Quatrefac/es, Cotnpt. Bend. 1845, xxi. p. 519 ; Kriiyer, Danm. Fisk. 



iii. p. 1087 ; Marcuseti, Ami. Si' May. Nat. Hist. xiv. 1864, pp. 151, 



319, or in Bev. et Maq. Zool. 1864, xvi. p. 79 ; Steenstrup, (Efvers. 



Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Forhandl. (1863)^1864, p. 238; Bert, Compt. 



Bend. 1867, Aug. 26, p. 364, or in Ann. ^' May. Nat. Hist. xx. 



p. 302 ; Koicalevsky, Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersh. 1867, xi. no. 4y 



Transparent, slightly iridescent. About 3 inches long. 



a. Adult. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



h. Numerous examples. Naples. Presented by Prof. Kolliker. 



c. Type of A. belcheri. Borneo. Presented by Vice- Admiral Sir E. 



Belcher, K.C.B. 



d. Many specimens, taken in a dredge, in 10-12 fathoms, in Bass 



Straits. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 

 e-g. Adult. Presented by Vice- Admiral Sir E. Belcher, K.C.B. 

 h. Adult. 



