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Sp. 1. Gastbolepidia clatigeba, Schmarda, I. c. p. 159, tab. 87. 

 fig. 315. 

 Hub. Ceylon, Schmarda. 



FamHy VII. PALMYEID^. 



(Palmyracea, Kinlerg, Fregatt. Eugen. Besa, p. 1.) 



No elytra ; fana of flat bristles on all the segments ; segments 

 having cirri and tubercles alternately along the back. 



Genus I. Palmtea, Savigny, Systeme des Annelides, p. 16. 

 Body oblong, depressed ; proboscis without tentacles on edge ; 

 jaws semicartilaginous ; eyes 2 ; feet with branches separate. 



Sp. 1. Palmtea attbifeea, Savigny, Z. c. p. 17. 

 Sab. Isle of France, Cuvier ; Eed Sea, Savigny. 



Sp. 2. Palmyba elongata, Orube, Annulat. Oersted, p. 25. 

 Hah. Santa Cruz, "West Indies, Oersted. 



Sp. 3. Palmtea debilis, Gruhe, Archiv fur Natxirg. 1855, p. 90. 

 Hah. Villa Franca, Mediterranean, Oriibe. 



Since this paper on the Aphroditacea was commenced (see vol. 

 viii. of this Journal, p. 172) I have, through the kindness of 

 M. Malmgren, now of Helsingfors, been made acquainted with an 

 excellent paper of his on the Annelides of the North Sea, " Nor- 

 diska Hafs-Annulater," published in the ' Ofversight af K. Vet. 

 Akad. Fdrhandlingar ' for 1865. I regret not having seen this 

 paper before these " Contributions to a Monograph of the Aphro- 

 ditacea "were first commenced in this Journal. In his paper 

 M. Malmgren has instituted no fewer than ten new genera be- 

 longing to the family Polynoidne. Of these I can only here 

 mention the names, with a reference to the species enumerated in 

 my " Contributions." 



I. Ntchia. To this genus he refers nos. 2 & 3 of the genus 

 Harmotlioe, pp. 194, 195, H. assimilis and H, scahra. These two 

 species he regards as only one, and as being synonymous with 

 tbe Aphrodita cirrosa of Pallas. 



II. EcKOE. To this genus he refers the Lepidonota scahra of 

 Oersted, which, upon very good grounds, he considers distinct 

 from tlie Aphrodita scahra of Fabricius. 



III. Lagisca. To this genus he refers no. 11 of the genus 

 Harmothoe, p. 195, the Polynoc rarispimi of Sars. 



