ANNELIDA. 115 



Subclass ANNULATA POLYCH^TA. 



Fam. 3. Aphroditidae. 

 Genus Apheodita, L. 



Aphrodita aculeata, L. ; Malmgren, Annulata Polychasta 

 &c. p. 3. 



Abundant in deep water, and thrown on the West Sands 

 in thousands after some winter storms. It is also a common 

 diet of the cod and haddock. 



Fam. 4. Polynoidse. 

 Genus Lepidonotus, Leach. 

 Lepidonotus squamatus, L. ; Mgrn. op. cit. p. 4. 

 Frequent in deep water, under stones in pools between tide- 

 marks, on the West Sands after storms, and in the stomachs 

 of cod and haddock. 



Genus Nychia, Mgrn. 

 Nychia cirrosa, Pallas; Mgrn. op. cit. p. 5. 

 Occasionally in deep water, and on the West Sands after 

 storms. 



Genus Lagisca, Mgrn. 

 Lagisca propinqua, Mgrn. op. cit. p. 9. 

 Occasionally in de"bris of the fishing-boats. It is distin- 

 guished by its greyish scales mottled with black, by the dark 

 spots at the bases of the feet, the mottling of the dorsum 

 beneath the scales, and by the position of the eyes (the posterior 

 pair only being visible from the dorsum). The dorsal bristles 

 have a short clear portion at the tip ; the ventral are long, 

 much tapered and minutely bifid superiorly, while the inferior 

 have shorter and stouter tips, more evidently bifid. 



q2 



