No. 104.] 137 



Fam. SYLLIDzE. 



SYLLIS {Sav.) Hitlers. 

 EniiERS. Die Borstenwurmer, p. 222. 1864. 



Stllis gracilis Gruhe. 



Syllis gracilis G'RXTB^. Actinien, Ecliinodermen und Wlinner, p. 77. 1840. 

 " " Caparede. Glanures Zootomiques parmi les Anii6lides de Port- 



Vendres, p. 75, pi. v, fig. 3. 1864. Aunelides Chetopodes du 



Golfe de Naples, p. 503, pi. sv, fig. 3. 1868. 

 '• " Maiuon AND BoBRETZKY. Anii^lides dii Golfe de Marseille; in Au- 



nales des Sciences Naturelles, 6th series, vol. ii. p. 23, pi. ii, fig. 



6. 1875. 

 " " Panceri. Catalogo degli Annelide, etc. Atti. Soc. Ital., vol. 



sviii, p. 520. 1875. 

 " " Webster. Annel. Chaet. of the Virginian Coast, p. 217. 1879. 



Only a few examples of this species were taken, it being far less 

 common than in Virginia. 



ODONTOSYLLIS Claparidc. 



Glanures Zootomiques, etc., p. 94. 1864. 

 Beobachtuugen uber Anatomic, etc. 1863. 



OdONTOSYLLIS ? FDLGURANS Cl2Xl. 



Odontosyllis fulgurans Claparebe. Glanures Zootom., etc., p. 95, pi. viii, fig. 1. 

 1864. 



" '' QuATREFAGES. Hist. Nat. des Annel., vol. ii, p. 648. 



1865. 



" " Marion and Bobretzky, in Ann. des Sci. Nat., 6th se- 



ries, vol. ii, p. 40, pi. iv, fig. 2. 1875. 



" " Webster. Annel, Ch<jet. of the Virginia-! Coast, p. 220. 



1879. 



This species was not common. One very large adult male was 

 taken swimming on the surface. Its length was 22™'" ; sexual setie 

 began on the 2).8t segment ; existed on forty-two segments, fol- 

 lowed by thirty-three with the ordinary setiB only. Other speci- 

 mens were taken on sandy and shelly bottom, 10-15 ft. For fur- 

 ther notes on this form, see Webster, 1. c, p. 220. 



GRUBEA (Quatr.) Claparede. 



QuATREFAnES. Histoire Naturelle der Anneles, etc., vol. ii, p. 35. 1865. 

 CLAP.UIEDE. Ann61. Ch6t. du Golfe de Naples, p. 516. 1868. 



Geubea tenuicirrata Clpd. 



Sphcerosyllis tenuicirrata Clpd. Glanures Zootom., etc., p. 87, pi. vi, fig. 2. 



1864. 

 Orubca tenuicirrata Clpd. Ann6l. Ch6t. du Golfe de Naples, p. 517. 1868. 

 " " Marenzeller. Zur Kentniss der Adriatischen Anneliden. 



Ausdem, Ixix. Bande der Sitzb. der K. Akad. der Wi^ 

 sench, p. 29. 1874. 



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