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bears a flat bundle of sete, a long slender cirrus, and a bran- 
chia. The bristles are simple, long, thin, and hair-shaped. The 
cirrus has a broad base and extends from the posterior edge. 
The branchie spring from one main trunk and are branched 
dichotomously several times. The filaments are fringe-like. The 
specimen described above was found near the ‘‘Pillars of Her- 
cules,’’ Antigua. 
The Hermodice is a very predacious animal. It is found 
under stones at low-tide, and it is difficult to capture because 
of the nettle-like sting of the sete. The writer’s own experi- 
ence in securing the above described specimen illustrates em- 
phatically the paralyzing effect of the sting of these sete. As 
the writer was lifting a stone, she suddenly discovered this 
monstrous worm endeavoring madly to get away and hide under 
surrounding rocks. Being unfamiliar with the habits of this 
animal as well as unwarned of the disastrous results of touch- 
ing it, she seized it with bare hands in order to prevent the 
escape of so splendid a specimen. Immediately her fingers and 
palms were covered with slender, sharp, glassy sete, which 
worked their way under the skin and into the flesh. For about 
a week following, the fingers were numb and apparently de- 
prived of the sense of touch. 
Localities: Jamaica, Florida Cape, Hayti, Antigua, and Dry 
Tortugas. 
Eurythe pacifica Kingberg 
Plate VI, Figs. 1 and 2 
A description of this species was not found in any literature 
available, except in the narrative and preliminary report of 
the Barbados-Antigua Expedition by Prof. C. C. Nutting. The 
body of the present specimen is 160 mm. long. It is about twice 
as broad as it is thick, measuring 10 mm. at its greatest width. 
It is quite flat on the dorsal side. There are 120 segments. The 
color of the body is bright red, while that of the parapodia is an 
orange-red. This vivid color is probably an evidence of warn- 
ing, because these animals, which the natives eall ‘‘sea scor- 
pions,’’ are very pugnacious. The caruncle is a simple, smooth, 
longitudinal swelling, the most posterior edge of which is on 
the third segment. In front of the caruncle are four black eye- 
