108 THE FAMILY OF THE DESMACIDINAE. 



Loc. Frith of Forth , Tenby , Jersey. 

 Tobermory. 



13. Jfesmacodes laevis (Bwk.) Yosm. 

 Synon. Microciona laevis Bwk. ^QQ. 



Litt. Bowerb. M. Br. Sp. II p. 127, III p. 59. 



Schmidt. Sp. Atl. G. pag. 76. 



Gray. Ann. and Mag. 1868. I p. 163. 

 Spic. tr. ac. (two kinds). 



tr. ac. sp. 



A 



Loc. Shetland. 



According to Schmidt (1. c.) it is a Desmacidine. If 

 this be true, and I think it is, it can be no other than 

 a Desmacodes. 



14. nesmacodes putnilio (0. S.) Vosm. 

 Synon. Desmacella pumilio 0. S. '70. 



Litt. Schmidt. Sp. A. G. pag. 53. (no illustr. of the spicules). 



Carter. Ann. and Mag. 1874. XIV. p. 250. 

 Spic. tr°. ac. 



CO (according to Carter.) 



/\ (ace. to Carter.) 

 Loc. Florida , 324 fathoms. Atl. Ocean. 



15. Jfestnacodes v>agahundus (0. S.) Vosm. 

 Synon. Desmacella vagabunda 0. S. '70. 



Litt. Schmidt. Sp. A. G. pag. 53. (without illustration). 



Schmidt. Erg. N. F. pag. 117. (without illustr.). 

 Spic. tr°. ac. 



ac' (var. annexa). 



Loc. Florida , 98 — 145 fathoms. S. W. from Bukenfjord ; 

 106 fathoms. 



The variety annexa , characterized by the presence of ac' 

 is also found near Florida. Is it not better to regard this 

 variety as a distinct species, as Schmidt did in 1870? 



16. IDesmacofles involvens (0. S.) Vosm. 

 Synon. Myxilla involvens 0. S. '64. 



Litt. Schmidt. I Suppl. pag. 37. 



Notes I'rom the Leyden. Mtiseum , Vol. II. 



