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PHYLLODOCID.E. 



1 . P. punctata, papillae on the orifice of the proboscis numerous and 

 close ; dorsal cirrus filiform, longer than the diameter of the body, 

 distantly jointed. Length 1". Plate XIV. fig. 4. 



Nereis punctata, Miill. Zool. Dan. Prod. no. 2633; Zool. Dan. ii. 28. 



tab. 62. f. 4, 5. Turt. Gmel. iv. 89. 

 Nereis rosea. Fabric. Faun. Grcenl. 301. Easier, in Phil. Trans. 



Abridff.xi. pi. 5. f. 28? _ 

 Psamatlie fusca, Johnston in Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 15. f. 1, and 



in Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. 230. pi. 7- f- 4. Williams, Re]}. Erit. Assoc. 



1851, 213. Grube, Fam. Annel. 58. 

 Castalia punctata. Oersted, Annul. Dan. Consp. 24. f. 15, 63, 64, 



65 & 69. 

 Nereis punctata villosa, Dalyell, Pow. Great, ii. 158. pi. 21. f. 11-13. 



Hab. The littoral region. 



Desc. Worm scolopendriform, about an inch in length, slightly 

 narrowed in front, tapered towards the tail, of a purplish-pink, 

 yellowish-brown or fuscous colour, and, in the paler specimens, a 

 series of obscure spots may be observed down each side above the 

 feet. Head (No. XXXV. fig. b) small, square, entire iu front. 



No. XXXV. — Psamathe punctata. 



. ° 4 Aim 





a. Psamathe punctata, considerably magnified. 



*. The head, with the proboscis protruded, more higlily magnified. 



c. A foot, very much enlarged. 



d. A bristle. e. A spine. 



Eyes four, very distinct, occipital, placed in pairs. Antennae four, 

 short, biarticulate, frontal, the superior pair thicker and shorter than 

 the inferior. Mouth furnished with a thick cylindrical proboscis, 

 whose aperture is encircled with a close fringe of papillary tentacula. 

 Tentacular cirri four on each side, the inferior pairs shortest, fill- 



