NO. 1703. 80ME POLTCHJETOUS ANNELIDS— MOORE. 141 



LE.ffiNA ABRANCHIATA Malmgren. 



Egg Harbor, August 10, 7 fathoms, mud. An incomplete speci- 

 men in a portion of tube constructed of small shell fragments. There 

 are 11 fascicles of seta} on one side, 10 on the other. The only record 

 of this species on our coasts is the doubtful one in Verrill's check list. 



AXIONICE FLEXUOSA (Grube) Malmgren. 



Nain, August 18, 7 fathoms, mud ; off Beachy Island, between Flint 

 Island and Cape Mugford, 80 fathoms, soft mud; southeast from 

 Burin, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, September 28, 110 fathoms, 

 rocks and pebbles. 



A single specimen of the worm was taken at the station last re- 

 corded. At the other stations the characteristic, hard, sandy, regu- 

 larly flexuous tubes were noted. Another addition to the American 

 fauna. 



NICOLEA ZOSTERICOLA (CErsted) Malmgren. 



Egg Harbor, August 10, 7 fathoms, mud. A female, barely 18 mm. 

 long, and having 40 segments, 15 of which are setigerous; contains 

 numerous large eggs. A still smaller male has the sexual cirri already 

 developed. The female has two pairs, the male one pair and an 

 unpaired one, of small little-branched gills. It is possible that these 

 may be small specimens of N. arctica, from which species they differ 

 only in their smaller size and slightly developed gills. Webster and 

 Benedict give the onh^ previous record for the American coast, their 

 specimens having been taken at Eastport. 



THELEPUS CINCINNATUS (Fabricius) Leuckart. 



Near Egg Harbor, August 10, 20 fathoms, rocks; Shoal Tickle, 

 near Nain, August 15; outside Hebron, August -26, 80 fathoms, 

 gravelly; 14 miles south of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, October 7, 45 

 fathoms, rocky ; Browns Bank, off Cape Sable, October 8, 40-45 fath- 

 oms, rocky and sandy ; about 40 miles west by south from Cape Sable, 

 October 8, 7G fathoms, black gravel ; about 43 miles west by south 

 from Cape Sable, October 8, 110 fathoms, gravel. 



This well-known and widely distributed species, originally de- 

 scribed from Greenland waters, and known on our coasts southward 

 as far as the banks off Marthas Vineyard and Block Island, occurs 

 generally in the region covered by these explorations. The character- 

 istic tubes are frequently dredged, especially on the gravelly bottoms 

 off Cape Sable. The muddy bottoms off much of the Labrador coast 

 are unfavorable to its presence. 



