232 DB. baird's coxtrtbutions towards a 



Sp. 7. Chloeia pucata. 



Chloeia fucata, Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. Anneles, torn. i. p. 390. 

 Hab. Mascate, Cluatrefages. 



Sp. 8. Chloeia nuda. 



Chloeia nuda, Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. Anneles, torn. i. p. 390. 

 Hab. Amboina, Quatrefages. 



Sp. 9. Chloeia tenusta. 



Chloeia veuusta, Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. AnneMs, torn. i. p. 391. 

 ITab. Palermo, Quatrefages. 



Sp. 10. Chloeia viridis. 



Chloeia viridis, Schmarda, Neue wirbell. Thiere, torn. ii. p. 144. 

 fig. xylogr., A-x. tab. 35. f. 295-305; Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. 

 Anneles, tora. i. p. 392. 

 Hab. Coast of Jamaica, Schmarda. 



Sp. 11. Chloeia tumida, sp. nov. (Plate IV. figs. 7 a-d.) 



Corpus tumidum, album, e segmentis trigiuta et sex con- 

 stans. Oculi parvi. Caruncula mediocris, plicata. Brancbise 

 bipinnatae, ab segmento quarto orientes. Oculi parvi. Cirri 

 dorsal es lougiores quam ventrales, et tenuiores. Cirri anales 

 crassi, breves. Setae pedum dorsalium breviores quam ventra- 

 lium, et parura nuraerosae, paululum infra apicem tumidae, 

 extus prope apicem uuidentatae, intus valde sei'ratae (interdum 

 simplices). Setae pedum ventralium longse capillares, bifidae, ramo 

 interno brevissimo, dentem, simulaute, ad apicem simplices. 



Long, uncias sex et dimidiam aequans ; lat. (setis inclusis) un- 

 cias duas aequans. 



Hab. India, Leadbeater fide Leach (Mus. Brit.). 



The body of this worm is very tumid or swollen, quite 

 white in all its parts and destitute of any markings or co- 

 lour. It is much longer than broad, in length being 6| inches, 

 in breadth (including the setae) 2 inches, and is composed of 36 

 segments. The skin or dorsal surface is wrinkled. The ca- 

 runcle is moderately large and plicate, and the branchiae are bi- 

 pinuate, and commence from the fourth segment of the body. 

 The eyes are very small. The dorsal cirri are longer and more 

 slender than the ventral ; the anal cirri are very stout, rather 

 short, and of about the same thickness throughout their length. 

 The bristles of the ventral or lower row of feet (fig. 7 d) are long, 

 white, capillary, terminating in a rather sharp point, bifid, the 

 inner ramus verv sliort, more resembling a tooth, springing from 



