On AnneliJa Pohjchceta jrom the North Sea die. 239 



clypeus, and between the front carince ; clypeus slightly 

 pubescent ; gaster with a tine pubescence. 



ried-biown, head and gaster darkest. 



Darwin, N.T., 16. iv. 13 {Hill). ^ . 



Christmas Island, Steaits Settlement. 



A few ants were collected in March 1914, and kindly sub- 

 mitted to me by my friend Mr. D. Ward Pinkney. They 

 are as follows : — 



Odontomachus Jicematoda, L., var. breviceps^ var. n. 



$ . — L. (includinj^ mandibles) 8*5 mm. 



Length of mandibles 1*2 mm.; width of head 1*6 mm. ; 

 length of head 2*1 mm. Head much shorter, broader, and 

 less eraarginate behind than in the type. Occipital lobes much 

 more rounded. Head widest at the eyes. Sculpture, pubes- 

 cence, &c., as in the t> pe. 



Colour : dark chestnut, legs paler. 



One ^ . 



Triylyphothiix striatidens, Em., ^ . 

 Solenopsifi (/fininata, F., var. rufa, Jerd., "2/ ^ ? . 

 Frenolepis vividula, Nyl., ^ . 



Corrigenda (Part I., 'Annals,' ser. 8, vol. xv., Jan. 1915). 



p. 134, line 26, /or Eur. read Em. 



P. 136j line 22, for Myrmosphyma read Myrmophyma. 



XIX. — J^eport on the Annelida Polychceta collected in the 

 North Sea and adjacent parts by the Scotch Fishery Board 

 I'essel 'Gold-seeker.' — Part IV. Goniadida3 to Spionidse. 

 By James W. Pryde, M.A., VVcdker Trust Research 

 Scholar, Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, and now 

 2nd Lieut, in the "Black Watch." 



This, the fourth part of the Report on the Annelida Polycha^ta 

 collected in the North Sea and adjacent parts by the Scotch 

 Fishery Board vessel ' Goldseeker,' includes the following- 

 ten families : — Goniadidse, Glycerida3, Ariciidae, Opheliid?e, 

 Scalibregaiidse, Sphterodoridge, Chlorgemidee, Chaitopteridse, 



