of th£ Virginian Coast. 59 
MALDANE (Or.) Mgrn. 
Maldane elonqata Verrill. 
Invert. Animals of Vineyard Sound, etc., p. 609. 
Common iu mud and sandy mud, near low water mark. 
Fam. AMMOCHARID^. 
AMMOCHARES Grube. 
Only one specimen belonging to this genus was found, 
and that having only a few anterior segments, not suffi- 
cient for identification. 
Fam. HERMELLID^. 
SABELLARIA Lam. 
Sabellaria varians n. sp. 
PL. rx, FIGS. 133-136. PL. X, FIGS, 137-139. 
Body stout, diameter decreasing regularly from the 
first segment. Operculum surrounded at base by a series 
of conical papillae. On the dorsal surface the inner papilla 
on each side is flattened at base, and between it and the 
operculum are a few golden setse, curved to follow the out- 
line of the opercular base. 
The tentacles have the usual structure, are white, with 
sometimes a red or purple tinge. 
First segment not visible above, represented below by 
two rounded lobes and two setigerous processes or ventral 
rami. The lobes are placed one on each side of the mouth ; 
outer margin convex, inner margin concave. In life they 
are continually in motion, being alternately straightened 
or moved from the mouih, and curved inward to the mouth. 
Just outside of these lobes is a conical process, arising 
from a swollen irregularly shaped base. On the outer 
surface of the base is a curved depression, from which a 
series of setae arises, similar to f. 189, but with the lateral 
appendages much longer than in that figure. The setae 
and the process itself point downward. 
