324 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [618] 



SABELLA MIOROPHTHALMA Verrill, sp. nov. (p. 323.) 



Body rather short arid stout, narrowed slightly anteriorly, tapering rap 

 idly close to the posterior end, composed of about sixty segment, de 

 pressed, moderately con vex above, flat below, especially when preserved 

 in alcohol ; anterior region composed of eight setigerous segments, hav 

 ing moderately long fascicles of setae ; posterior region composed of about 

 fifty short segments, bearing very small fascicles of setae ; anal segment 

 small, simple, with two very small ocelli-like spots ; ventral shields of 

 the anterior segments short, transversely narrow, oblong ; median sulcus 

 very distinct in the posterior region, dividing the ventral shields into 

 two nearly rectangular parts, which are broader than long. Branchiae 

 numerous and long, often half as long as the body, connected by a 

 slight web close to the base; the stalks smooth, with numerous minute 

 ocelli, in two irregular rows; pinnae numerous, long and slender; tips 

 of the branchiae without pinnae. Collar broadly interrupted above, flar 

 ing and reflexed at the sides, with rounded upper angles, erect and sin 

 uous at the latero- ventral margins, reflexed below, forming two short, 

 rounded lobes, separated by a narrow but deep central sinus, within 

 which there is a short bilobed organ. Tentacles thin, lanceolate, acute, 

 in preserved specimens not so long as the diameter of the body. The 

 anterior segment is divided by a deep dorsal sulcus, which is not con 

 spicuous on the succeeding segments. Color of body greenish yellow, 

 dull olive-green, or greenish brown ; branchiae pale yellowish, greenish, 

 or flesh-color, often with numerous transverse bauds of lighter and 

 darker green, which extend to the pinnae, and sometimes blotched with 

 brown; collar translucent, specked with flake- white; ocelli dark red 

 dish brown. Specimens, apparently belonging to this species, were taken 

 from wood bored by Teredo, near New Haven. These had the body 

 olive-green, specked with flake-white anteriorly, on the ventral side, 

 especially on the first two segments ; branchiae mottled with greenish 

 brown and white and specked with flake-white ; ocelli brown, numerous. 



Length, 30 mm ; diameter, 2.5 mm to 3 mm . Preserved specimens are 

 about 20 mm long, 2.5 mm broad. 



New Haven to Vineyard Sound ; low- water mark to 5 fathoms. 



EUCHONE ELEGANS Verrill, sp. nov. Plate XVI, fig. 84. (p. 432). 



Body rounded, slender, gradually tapered backward; the anterior 

 region, which forms about one-half of the entire length, consists 

 of eight setigerous segments; these are biannulated and divided by 

 a dorsal, longitudinal sulcus, and by a lateral sulcus on each side be 

 low the uncigerous lobes. The middle region consists of thirteen 

 shorter biannulated segments, which bear small fascicles of setae on the 

 lower rarni ; these are divided by a ventral sulcus, and also by the 

 lateral ones. The caudal region consists of about ten very short seg 

 ments ; all of which, except the last, bear small fascicles of setae. These 

 : segments are margined by a rather broad membrane, wider and rounded 



