Annelida of the Bermudas. 599 



1884, based on the collection made by Mr. G. Brown Goode in 1872. 

 This list included 26 species, of which 13 were described as new. 



Five species, viz : Podarhe obscicra Ver. ; Arabella opalma Ver., 

 Arenicola cristata Stimp. ; Enoplobranchus sanguineus Ver. ; Ily- 

 droides dianthiis Ver. are found, also, on the southern New England 

 coast, but probably range southward to the West Indies. The 

 balance are known West Indian species. 



M'Intosh, in Report Voy. Challenger, Annelida, vol. xii, 1885, 

 records 13 littoral species of Bermuda annelids, some of which are 

 identical with those of Webster's list. 



One of the larger and more conspicuous forms is Protidides 

 elegans W., which projects from its tough tubes large and ele- 

 gantly formed branchial plumes, as brilliant and varied in colors as 

 carnations. It is common on the reefs, its tubes being contained in 

 dead corals. It is also found on the coast of North Carolina. 



Another large species is Terebella magnijica W., which lives 

 buried in shell-sand at low-tide. In life its large flaccid body, which 

 is pale flesh-color or nearly white, is often 12 to 16 inches long and 

 about half an inch in diameter, while its numerous white tentacular 

 cirri can be extended more than a foot in every direction. This 

 belongs to Polymelia Malmg. or Eitpolymnia Ver. 



The Hermodice carunculata Kinb. is a large, stout species, densely 

 covered with sharp, white calcareous setre-, with red gills between 

 them. It is very common under stones at low-tide. 



Cirratulus grandis Verrill, a large yellowish green or olive-green 

 worm, with numerous long orange-red cirri, is common at low-tide in 

 sand, especially in stony places. It agrees jjerfectly with New 

 England specimens. It is not in Webster's list. 



In our collection there are three species of Phyllodocidte and 

 more than twenty-five of Syllidie, including ten species of Syllis. 

 These families are not included in Webster's list. 



Polynoe pustulata M'Int. = Polynoe granulata Ehlers = Halo- 

 sydua leucohyba Web., non Schmarda, a large scaly species, Avas 

 common, living as a commensal in the tubes of a large PJunice, in 

 dead corals. 



Miss K. J. Bush has identified the following species in our collec- 

 tion that are new to the fauna : 



Nereis articul&ta Ehl. 3Iarphysa Goodsiri ? M'Int. 



Nereis Antillensis M'Int. Lumbrinereis Floridana Ehl. 



Trypanosyllis mttigera Ehl. Branchiomma lobiferum Ehl. 



Eunice violaceomacalata Ehl. Eupomatas uncinates (Phil.) Ehl. 



