SYNONYMY OF PHERECARDIA LOBATA. 19 
Perhaps also Kinberg’s Hermodice striata *), from Eimeo, 
belongs to the genus Pherecardia, with which it agrees 
in the singular structure of the dorsal setae; moreover it 
has its ventral bristles not bifurcated nor the caruncle- 
lamellae directed forward like in Hermodice. 
Lately I had the opportunity to examine three rather 
well preserved specimens of Pherecardia lobata, collected 
near Poeloe Weh by Mr. G. A. J. van der Sande. The largest 
specimen, somewhat twisted 
together, measures about 90 
to 100 mm. in length; the 
number of its segments 
amounts to 87. — The body 
has the general appearance 
of an Kurythoé; the bristle- 
fascicles look silky. The dor- 
sal side is strongly wrinkled, 
pale violet, with a fine ine Pherecardia lobata Horst. 
line around each fold, whe- Anterior part of the body, 6 x 
reas an other specimen pre- 
sents the dark longitudinal bands mentioned by Malaquin 
and Dehorne. Potts speaks of longitudinal stripes of a 
bronze colour; but this different colour much depends, in 
my opinion, on the manner of preservation. A dark violet 
band occurs around each notopodium and there is a series 
of longitudinal violet spots in the median ventral line. 
The neuropodial bristle-fascicles are much more developed 
than the notopodial ones. The dorsal cirrus, nearly as long 
as the dorsal setae, consists of a dilated (» tonnenförmiges”’ 
Fischli) basal joint and a slender distal part of about the 
same length. The ventral cirrus, reaching only to half the 
length of the bristle-fascicle, consists of a short thick 
basal joint and a longer tapering distal one. The branchiae, 
commencing on the first segment, are strongly developed ; 
1) Ofversigt Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Forhandl. 1857, p. 13; Kongl. Svenska 
Freg. Eugenies resa omkring Jorden, Zoologi, pl. XII, fig. 8. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXIV. 
