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* LEPIDONOTUS SQUAMATUS Leach. Plate X, figs. 40, 41. (p. 320.) 



Aplirodita squamata Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. x, p. 665 ; ed. xii, p. 1084. Polynoe 

 squamata Savigny, Syst. Annel., 20 (t. Quatr.) ; Quatr., op. cit., p. 218. Aphro- 

 dita punctata Mu ll., Zool. Dan. Prod., p. 218 (t. Malnigren). Lepidonotus 

 squamatns Malmgren, op. cit., p. 56; Johnston, op. cit., p. 109, PI. 7, fig. 1. 

 Lepidonote armadillo Leidy, Marine Invert, of Rhode Island and New Jersey, 

 p. 16, PI. 11, fig. 54. Polynoe dasypus Quatr., op. cit., vol. i, p. 226. 



Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey ; New Haven ; Watch Hill, Rhode 

 Island 5 Vineyard Sound, &c. Very common north of Cape Cod to 

 Labrador and Iceland; -northern coasts of Europe; Great Britain; 

 France. 



In the Bay of Fundy it occurs abundantly from above low-water 

 mark to the depth of 80 fathoms. 



LEPIDONOTUS SUBLEVIS Yerrill, sp. nov. Plate X, tig. 42. (p. 320.) 



Body oblong, somewhat narrowed toward each end, entirely covered 

 by twelve pairs of large scales, or &quot; elytra, 7 which, with the exception 

 of the first and last pairs, are broad oval, evenly rounded posteriorly, the 

 outer lateral edge with a fine fringe ; the posterior margin smooth. Their 

 surface is iridescent and nearly smooth throughout, and destitute of 

 tubercles, but has minute rounded granules, and appears punctate 

 under a lens. The scales of the last pair are elongated, with the inner 

 edge curved inward, but without a distinct emargination, such as is 

 seen in the preceding species. Setae numerous, slender but stiff, 

 amber-yellow. Scales usually reddish or greenish brown, finely specked 

 with dark brown. Length up to 30 mm ; breadth, 8 mm . 



This species is easily distinguished from the last by its nearly smooth 

 scales, the form of the last pair, and the lighter- colored and more 

 slender seta3. 

 Savin Eock, near New Haven ; Vineyard Sound. 



LEPIDONOTUS ANGKJSTUS Verrill, sp. nov. (p. 494.) 



Body elongated, narrow, of nearly uniform width throughout, convex 

 above. Twelve pairs of elytra, which are only slightly imbricated and 

 hardly* cover the back completely, there being often a narrow naked 

 dorsal space, but when the elytra are closely appressed the back is 

 nearly covered. The elytra are rather small, regularly oval, except those 

 of the terminal pairs ; outer edge irregularly fringed ; surface covered 

 with small, slightly prominent, roundish granules. Posterior elytra 

 with a deep emargination on the inner margin. Head larger and rela 

 tively broader than in L. squamatus, convex, with well-rounded sides, 

 eyes larger and farther apart. Antennae rather short. Setae shorter 

 than in either of the preceding species, of nearly uniform length, rather 

 rigid, light amber-colored, forming short dense fascicles. Color varia 

 ble; in one specimen the scales were yellowish gray and brownish, 

 varied with dark specks, and with a central subcircular or somewhat 

 crescent-shaped white spot, surrounded by a circle of dark brown specks. 



