Annelida of the Bermudas. 631 



In addition to the nunierous species of Syllidoe described above, 

 tliere are, apparently, single specimens of several others, but some 

 of them are not perfectly preserved, and others are so contracted 

 that essential features, like the armature of the oesophagus, cannot 

 be made out without destroying the specimens. Among these there 

 are, apparently, another Trypanosyllis, an Aiitolytus, and perhaps an 

 additional Eusyllis. Many additional Syllidoe will probably be dis- 

 covered at the Bermudas when carefully sought for, especially at 

 different seasons of the year. 



Autolytus (Proceraea) rubropunctatus (Grube). 



Sylline ruhropunctata Grub^, Arch, fur Nafcurg., 1860, I, p. 87, pi. iii, fig. 8. 

 Autolytus [Proeercea) ornatus Mar. & Bobr., Ann. Sci. Nat., Ser. 6, II, p. 44, 



pi. V, figs. 14-14d, 1875. {non Verrill, 1874) ; St. Joseph, Ann. Polych. 



Cotes Dinard, Annales des Sci. Natur., Ser. 7, vol. 1, p. 320, pi. x, figs. 98, 



99, 1886. 

 Proeercea ruhropunctata Lang., Zeits. fur Wissen. Zool., xxxii, p. 579, pi. xxxii, 



figs. 30a, 30&, 1879. 



This European species has also been recorded from Beaufort, 

 N. C, and is, therefore, likely to be found at the Bermudas. 



It is peculiarly marked with a transverse row of four orange spots 

 on each segment, and has larger palpi than usual in this group. 



The species originally named Stephanosyllis picta V. in 1874, was 

 soon afterwards changed by me, (Amer. Jour. Sci., 1874) to Stephano- 

 syllis ornata. Since Proeercea and Ste2:>hanosyllis are now generally 

 considered synonymous, that specific name cannot be used for the 

 European species. It should be designated as above indicated. 



Our New England species may bear the name A. [Proeercea) 

 ornatus, unless some reliable characters can be found for the separa- 

 tion of Stej^hanosyllis. 



