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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [18] 
  

  

  shall 
  leave 
  it 
  to 
  him 
  to 
  determine, 
  as 
  he 
  has 
  probably 
  better 
  material 
  

   for 
  doing 
  so 
  than 
  we 
  have. 
  

   Common. 
  Low 
  water, 
  sand 
  ; 
  to 
  30 
  fathoms, 
  sand, 
  shells, 
  hydroids, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Procer^ea 
  (Stepiianosyllis) 
  ornata 
  ( 
  Verrill). 
  

  

  Stephano8jfllia 
  ornata 
  Verrill. 
  American 
  Journal 
  of 
  Science, 
  vol. 
  vii, 
  p. 
  132, 
  1874. 
  

   Proceedings 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  p. 
  378, 
  

   pi. 
  4, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Oar 
  specimens 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  highly 
  colored 
  as 
  those 
  found 
  by 
  Pro 
  

   fessor 
  Verrill. 
  For 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  they 
  were 
  some 
  shade 
  of 
  orange 
  along 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  dorsal 
  region, 
  fading, 
  and 
  often 
  becoming 
  white, 
  behind 
  ; 
  

   sides 
  and 
  ventral 
  surface 
  yellowish- 
  white. 
  

  

  Pharynx 
  occupying 
  from 
  fourteen 
  to 
  eighteen 
  segments; 
  much 
  convo- 
  

   luted 
  along 
  the 
  last 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  course, 
  sometimes 
  passing 
  by 
  the 
  stom- 
  

   ach 
  and 
  returning; 
  stomach, 
  two 
  segments. 
  A 
  minute 
  anterior 
  pair 
  

   of 
  eyes. 
  

  

  Common. 
  Found 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  species. 
  

  

  Family 
  NEREIDS. 
  

  

  NEREIS 
  (L.) 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Nereis 
  pelagica 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Very 
  common 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  under-stones, 
  and 
  at 
  all 
  depths 
  on 
  rocky 
  

  

  and 
  shelly 
  bottoms. 
  

  

  Nereis 
  virens 
  Sars. 
  

  

  Very 
  common. 
  Low 
  water 
  ; 
  mud 
  and 
  sandy 
  mud. 
  

  

  Family 
  EUNICID^E. 
  

   NOTHPJA 
  (Johnston) 
  Malmgren. 
  

  

  Nothria 
  conchylega 
  Malmgrcn. 
  

  

  Ounphia 
  conchylega 
  Sars. 
  Beskriwelsir 
  og 
  Iagttogelser, 
  p. 
  (51, 
  pi. 
  10, 
  fig. 
  28 
  {teste 
  Malru- 
  

  

  gren). 
  1835. 
  

   Northia 
  conchylega 
  Johnston. 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  British 
  Worms, 
  p. 
  138, 
  186."). 
  

   Nothria 
  conchylega 
  Malmgren. 
  Annulata 
  I'olychata, 
  p. 
  66, 
  1867. 
  

   Nothria 
  conchylega 
  Verrill. 
  Trans. 
  Conn. 
  Acad., 
  p. 
  41, 
  1874. 
  

  

  We 
  obtained 
  but 
  two 
  specimens. 
  

   Rocks; 
  20 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  NINOE 
  Eimberg. 
  

  

  Ninoe 
  nigripes 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Verrill. 
  Invert. 
  Animals 
  of 
  Yin. 
  Sound, 
  p. 
  595, 
  1874. 
  Proceedings 
  American 
  Asso- 
  

   ciation 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  Science, 
  p. 
  382, 
  pi. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  5. 
  1874., 
  

  

  Not 
  uncommon. 
  Stations 
  not 
  noted. 
  

  

  