Annelida of the Bermudas. 639 



Our Bermuda collection contains several common species that 

 grow to the length of 8 to 12 inches or more, which, indeed, seems 

 to be a common size for the species of this genus. 



The commonest large reef-species are L. longisetis W. ; L. rnuti- 

 lata W. = E. barvicensis Mclnt. ; L. violaceomaculata Ehl. ; L. den- 

 ticulata W. = L. filamentosa (QSrst. and Gr.) = E. cirrohranchiata 

 Mclnt, We did not find L. longicirrata (Webst.). 



Webster also recorded E. violacea CE. and Gr, from Bermuda, but 

 this large species was described from the Pacific coast of Central 

 America, It has a 4-lobed head and very large pectinate branchiae, 

 with 20-28 branches. No such species was found by us, Webster 

 gives no description of his examples, therefore it is impossible to tell 

 what he had, without a re-examination of his specimens, but it may 

 have been L. violaceomaculata (Ehl,). This is a very large species 

 that is not uncommon. It has a bilobed bead ; the branchiae are all 

 pectinate and the larger ones have about 20 branches ; the first 

 appear on segments 6 to 9 ; the dorsum is curiously mottled, and 

 there is no white nuchal band. 



One of the most abundant species in dead corals is L. longisetis (W,) 

 This becomes more than a foot long. In life it is reddish brown or 

 chocolate-brown, curiously marked dorsally with longitudinal, zigzag 

 or reticulated brownish-black lines. The antennae and long dorsal 

 cirri are conspicuously banded with pale yellow and dark brown, 

 about 6 pale bands on the antennae and 3 on the dorsal cirri. There 

 is a conspicuous white band on the 3d setigerous segment. The 

 larger branchiae are pectinate, with 7 to 10 slender graduated cirri ; 

 the first appear on the 4th to 6th segment, usually on the 5th. The 

 head is bilobed in all our numerous specimens, though Webster 

 described it as 4-lobed. His single specimen was probably badly 

 preserved and misleading. It resembles L. Floridana (Ehl.) and 

 L.fucata (Ehl.), of Florida, 



Leodice mutilata (Webs.)= E. barvicensis Mclnt. is another large 

 and abundant species, which lives with the last and is often over a 

 foot long. Like the latter, it has a white nuchal band, — a feature 

 not uncommon in the genus. These two species look much alike, but 

 differ in their jaws and setae. In L. mutilata the gills usually first 

 appear on the 5th to 'Zth segment, and the largest seldom have more 

 than 6 to 8 cirri, which are long and subequal. The dorsal cirri are 

 much shorter than the branchial cirri, and the antennae are rather 

 short and not articulated. 



Leodice denticxdata (Webs.) — ^. cirrobranchiataMclnt. is another 

 large species found among dead corals. Probably E. filaynentosa 



