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EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



Nereis australis. 



Fig. 1. The |)li;ii\-ii\ li;is Ihtii slil .ildiii; the ventral surface mihI sjircnd (i|icii to sliow the arrangement 

 of the |i;irai;iiMths. 15, the huccal ring; M. the inaxilhuy riiiu. The compartments are 

 indicated liy roinan numerals. Tile cut muscles are repicseiited diagrammatically. 



Li/ca.itis (piailratirrps. 



Fig. 2. The anterior end of the liody. (Enlarged aliout 15 times.) 



Fig. 3. Ventral \-ie\v of the head. (Enlarged about 15 times.) 



Fig. -f. Lateral view of the head. (Enlarged about 15 times.) 



Fig. 5. Postericjr end of the bodv. (Knlapjed aliout 15 times.) 



Fig. (). A parapodium fn.iii tin' niiddl.^ of the body. The cliaeti,i;iTous lobe is withdrawn so that the 



doisiil cirrus projects far bevond it. /. eavedike lobe of the body overhanging tlie base 



of the foot. (Camera. X 40.)' 

 Fig. 7. A similai' ]:)arapodinin, in which the ohaetigerous lobe is cxti-ndrd. and the dorsal cii-rus does 



not jjroject beyond it. 

 Fig. 8. A transverse section of the body, showing the pidjiortion of the p.irapodia. The thick section, 



cut by hand, is a little distorted dorsally. (( anier.i, x 25.) 



Fig. '.). X falcate heterogomph. {Camera, x 500.) 

 Fig. 10. A posterior parapodium. ( x -10.) 



