Annelida of the Bermudas. 643 



Not uncommon in dead corals on the reefs. A few specimens 

 were found in tubes attached to the under side of stones at low tide. 

 The tube is thin, parchment-like and coated with small fragments of 

 shells. It secretes a large amount of mucus when disturbed. 



Leodice concinna, sp. nov. 



Head slightly bilobed, with a very shallow frontal notch. Eyes 

 moderately large, black. Antennae all strongly beaded, of moderate 

 length. The median one reaches about to the second setigerous seg- 

 ment ; outer lateral ones about one-third as long ; inner laterals 

 similar to the median one and nearly as long. 



Buccal segment, with the cirriferous ring, is about equal to the 

 next two segments. Tentacular cirri are about as long as the buccal 

 segment, small, tapered. 



Body-segments are numerous, short, but little constricted. Para- 

 podia only little prominent, especially back of the branchial region. 

 Dorsal cirri rather small, tapered, of moderate length. 



Branchiae are palmate or digitate, rather than pinnate ; the first 

 appear as small simple cirri on the third setigerous segment ; 

 3-branched ones on the 7th ; 4-branched ones on the 8th ; none with 

 five cirri were observed. They cease on the 5 2d segment, the last 

 10 being simple and short. 



The setfe are much like those of L. stigmatura. 



Found in dead corals from the reefs. 



This resembles L. stigmatura, but the latter has many more 

 branchioe, longer antennae and cirri, and more constricted and much 

 longer segments. 



Leodice tenuicirrata, sp. nov. 



A small species with remarkably long dorsal cirri. Head very 

 obscurely 4-lobed ; the frontal lobes are rounded, but have a slight 

 horizontal indentation on the outer side. The antennae are long, 

 slender and articulated ; the median one is about four times as long 

 as the breadth of the buccal segment ; the inner lateral are lost from 

 the type ; the outer laterals are about half as long as the median, a 

 little stouter and more tapered, and with many short annuli, in length 

 equal to about 1^ times the breadth of the buccal segment. 



Tentacular cirri very slender, acute, nearly as long as the median 

 antennae. Dorsal cirri very long and slender, nearly as long as the 

 tentacular cirri, are nearly equal to the breadth of the body, much 

 longer than the branchial cirri ; they standout at right angles to the 

 body so that they are conspicuous. 



