MALDANIDAE 169 



present as in Travisia. The anal cylinder is about equal in length to the last two 

 segments, and faintly longitudinally furrowed. 



Remarks. This form is allied to Kesun fusus, Chamberlin: it differs in the number 

 of segments and in the possession of a deep posterior groove in which the feet lie. 



Family MALDANIDAE 

 Genus Maldane, Grube (Malmgren char, emend.) 

 Maldane decorata, Grube. 



Augener, 1918, p. 475, pi. vii, figs. 191-194, text-fig. 75. 



St. 274. 4.viii.27. Off St Paul deLoanda, Angola. From8°4o' 15" S, 13° i3'45" E to 8" 38' 15" S, 

 13° 13' 00" E. 64-65111. Gear OIL. Bottom: grey mud. Eight specimens. 



Remarks. A complete specimen measures 128 mm. by 4 mm., which is twice as 

 large as the measurements given by Augener. There are 19 chaetigers and two achaetous 

 preanal segments. The head and the first two chaetigers are dorsally mottled with small 

 reddish brown spots. Glandular areas are present on the back from the 3rd to the 6th 

 chaetiger. The thick glandular pads on which the tori lie reach their greatest prominence 

 at the 8th chaetiger. The bristles are well figured by Augener. The border of the anal 

 plate is entire. 



Maldane sarsi, Malmgren, var. antarctica, Arwidsson. 



Arwidsson, 191 1, p. 32, pi. i, figs. 23-26; pi. ii, figs. 50-54. 



St. 123. 15. xii. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. From 4-1 miles N 54° E 

 of Larsen Point to 1-2 miles S 62" W of Merton Rock. 230-250 m. Gear OTL. Bottom: grey 

 mud. One specimen. 



St. 177. 5. iii. 27. 27 miles SW of Deception Island, South Shetlands. 63° 17' 30" S, 61° 17' 00" W. 

 1080 m. Gear DLH. Bottom: mud and stones. One specimen. 



St. 181. 12. iii. 27. Schollaert Channel, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 20' 00" S, 63° 01' 00" W. 

 160-335 m. Gear OTL. Bottom: mud. One specimen. 



St. 182. 14. iii. 27. Schollaert Channel, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 21' 00" S, 62° 58' 00" W. 

 278-50001. Gear N 7-T. Bottom: mud. One specimen. 



St. 186. 16. iii. 27. Fournier Bay, Anvers Island, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 25' 30" S, 63° 02' 00" W. 

 295 m. Gear DLH. Bottom: mud. One specimen. 



St. 192. 27. iii. 27. Off Cape Kaiser, Brabant Island, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 14' 00" S, 

 61° 49' 00" W. 750 m.; on lead. One specimen. 



St. 195. 30. iii. 27. Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands. 62° 07' 00" S, 

 58° 28' 30" W. 391 m. Gear DLH. Bottom: mud and stones. 30 specimens. 



Remarks. Arwidsson has given a full and careful account of this species, which he 

 separates from the northern form on differences in the distribution of the glandular 

 areas. He has specialized in the Maldanids, and I follow his naming. 



