NOTES ON THE LITTORAL rOLYCH^ETA OF TORQUAY. 61 



Nematoneeeis UNICORNIS, Grube. Dc St. Joseph, Ann. Sci. Nat., 

 V, 1888, p. 207. 



Fairly common in the limestone rocks at Babbacombe, but as is the 

 case with the last species it is very rarely perfect. 



Staurocephalus rubrovittatus, Grube. Dc St. Josc^jIi, Ann. Sci. 

 JVat., Y, 1888, p. 235. 



One specimen obtained at an unusually low spring tide at Corbyn's 

 Head. 



Ophryotrocha puerilis, Clpd. and Meczn. Camhridgc Nat. Hist., 

 Vol. II, p. 319, Fig. 170. 



This little worm is frequently seen on the sides of glass vessels 

 containing roots and pieces of rocks. On one occasion a small 

 aquarium in the museum of the Torquay Natural History Society was 

 found to be swarming with this species. 



Lumbriconereis lateeilli. And. and Edw. Dc St. Joseph, Ann. Sci. 

 Nat. Zool, y, 1898, p. 276. 



Three or four in rather coarse gravel on Babbacombe beach. 



Sphoerodoridse. 



Epiiesia gracilis, Eathke. De St. Josejjh, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zoo!., XVII, 

 1894, p. 33. Mcintosh, Ann. Nat. Sci., S. 8, Vol. II, 1908, p. 528 and 

 540. 



Two or three from Meadfoot beach. 



Epiiesia peripatus, Clpd. nee Johnst. Claparedc, Bcoh. ubcr Anat. 

 vnd Ent. wirhclloscn thieve, p. 50, dc St. Joseph, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 

 XVII, 1894, p. 41. 



Two specimens from Corljyn's Head. According to de St. Joseph 

 this species differs from E. gracilis by several characters, but he only 

 mentions two, viz. the composite bristles and the absence of the 

 " I'eventail de papilles " below the feet which exists in E. gracilis. The 

 bristles of E. peripatus of the Torquay examples seem, besides being 

 compound, to be not quite so stout and not so much bulged as those of 

 E. gracilis. 



Ariciidae. 



Aeicia latreilli, Aud. and Edw. Dc St. Joseph, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. 

 XVII, 1894, p. 85. 



Several examples were dug up from the sand at Tor Abbey Sands. 

 In this species there are about thirty bristle-bearing segments in the 

 anterior region, while in A. cucicri there are only twenty-one. 



