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Species inquirend^e. 

 NEREIS. 



1 . N. iricolor. 



Nereis iricolor, Montagu, Linn. Trans, vii. 82. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 

 94. Turt. Brit. Faun. 135. 



2. N. margarita. 



Nereis margarita, Montagu, Linn. Trans, vii. 82. Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 iv. 94. Ttirt. Brit. Faun. 135. 



3. N. lineata. 



Nereis lineata, Montagu, Linn. Trans, vii. 83. Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 

 95. Turt. Brit. Faun. 135. 



4. N. maculosa. 



Nereis maculosa, Montagu in Linn. Trans, xi. 21. pi. 3. f. 4. 



5. N. rufa. 



Nereis rufa, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 47. pi- 25. f. 3, and iv. 96. pi. 27. 

 f. 2, 3. Hogg's Stockton, 29. 



6. N. mollis. 



Nereis mollis, Linn. Syst. 1085. Turt. Gmel. iv. 86. Jameson in 

 Wern. Mem. i. 557. Penji. Brit. Zool. iv. 9Q. Bosc, Vers, i. 168. 



7. N. octentaculata. 



Nereis octentaculata, Montagu in Linn. Trans, vii. 84. Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. iv. 95. Turt. Brit. Faun. 135. 



8. N. punctata. 



Nereis punctata, Encyclop. Meth. Vers, tab. 56. f. 19, 20 ! 



Desc. Body ^ths long, ^th broad, linear, nearly equal at both 

 extremities. Back rounded, brown, marked with three rows of light- 

 coloured circular spots arranged longitudinally, and with eight simi- 

 larly coloured transverse lines placed at unequal distances. The 

 middle series of these spots is the faintest ; and besides the three 

 dorsal there is another series on each side placed on the foot-like 

 processes. Head small, quadrangular, corneous, pale, with four 

 black eyes, two on each side, and approximate. Anterior margin of 

 the head furnished with five conical, setaceous, two-jointed tenta- 



