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[581] INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 287 
LEPIDONOTUS SQUAMATUS Leach. Plate X, figs. 40, 41. (p. 320.) 
Aphrodita squamata Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. x, p. 665; ed. xii, p. 1084. Polynée 
squamata Savigny, Syst. Annel., 20 (t. Quatr.); Quatr., op. cit., p. 218. Aphro- 
dita punctata Miill., Zod], Dan. Prod., p. 218 (t. Malmgren). Lepidonotus 
squamatus. Malmgren, op. cit., p. 56; Johnston, op. cit., p. 109, Pl. 7, fig. 1, 
Lepidonote armadillo Leidy, Marine Invert. of Rhode Island and New Jersey, 
p. 16, Pl. 11, fig. 54. Polynde dasypus Quatr., op. cit., vol. i, p. 226. 
Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey; New Haven; Watch Hill, Rhode 
Island; Vineyard Sound, &c. Very common north of Cape Cod to 
Labrador and Iceland; northern coasts of Europe; Great Britain ; 
France. 
In the Bay of Fundy it oceurs abundantly from above low-water 
mark to the depth of 80 fathoms. 
LEPIDONOTUS SUBLEVIS Verrill, sp. nov. Plate X, fig. 42. (p. 320.) 
Body oblong, somewhat narrowed toward each end, entirely covered 
by twelve pairs of large scales, or “ elytra,’ which, with the exception 
of the first and last pairs, are broad oval, evenly rounded posteriorly, the 
outer lateral edge with a fine fringe; the posterior margin smooth. Their — 
surface is iridescent and nearly smooth throughout, and destitute of 
tubercles, but has minute rounded granules, and appears punctate 
under a lens. The scales of the last pair are elongated, with the inner 
edge curved inward, but without a distinct emargination, such as is 
Seen in the preceding species. Set numerous, slender but stiff, 
amber-yellow. Scales usually reddish or greenish brown, finely specked 
with dark brown. Length up to 30™; breadth, 8™™. 
This species is easily distinguished from the last by its nearly smooth 
scales, the form of the last pair, and the lighter-colored and more 
slender sete. 
Savin Rock, near New Haven; Vineyard Sound. 
LEPIDONOTUS ANGUSTUS Verrill, sp. nov. (p. 494.) 
Body elongated, narrow, of nearly uniform width throughout, convex 
above. Twelve pairs of elytra, which are only slightly imbricated and 
hardly cover the back completely, there being often a narrow naked 
dorsal space, but when the elytra are closely appressed the back is 
nearly covered. The elytra are rather small, regularly oval, except those 
of the terminal pairs; outer edge irregularly fringed; surface covered 
with small, slightly prominent, roundish granules. Posterior elytra 
with a deep emargination on the inner margin. Head larger and rela- 
tively broader than in JL. squamatus, convex, with well-rounded sides, 
eyes larger and farther apart. Antenne rather short. Sets shorter 
than in either of the preceding species, of nearly uniform length, rather 
rigid, light amber-colored, forming short dense fascicles. Color varia- 
ble; in one specimen the scales were yellowish gray and brownish, 
varied with dark specks, and with a central subcircular or somewhat 
crescent-shaped white spot, surrounded by a circle of dark brown specks, 
