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PHYLLODOCIDiE. 



1 . P. punctata, papillce on the orifice of the proboscis numerous and 

 close ; dorsal cirrus filiform, longer than the diameter of the body, 

 distantly jointed. Length 1". Plate XIV. fig. 4. 



Nereis punctata, Miill. Zool. Ban. Prod. no. 2633 ; Zool. Dan. ii. 28. 



tab. 62. f. 4, 5. Turt. Gmel iv. 89. 

 Nereis rosea, Fabric. Faun. Grmnl. 301. Baster. in Phil. Trans. 



Ahridg. xi. pi. 5. f. 28? 

 Psamathe fusca, Johnston in Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 15. f. 1, and 



in Ann. Nat. Hist. iv. 230. pi. 7. f. 4. Williams, Rep. Brit. Assoc. 



1851, 213. Grube, Fam. Annel. 58. 

 Castalia punctata. Oersted, Annul. Dan. Consp. 24. f. 15, 63, 64, 



65 & 69. 

 Nereis punctata villosa, Dalyell, Pow. Great, ii. 158. pi. 21. f. 11-13. 



Hab. The littoral region. 



Desc. Worm scolopendriform, about an inch in length, slightly 

 narrowed in front, tapered towards the tail, of a purplish-pink, 

 yellowish-brown or fuscous colour, and, in the paler specimens, a 

 series of obscure spots may be observed down each side above the 

 feet. Head (No. XXXV. fig. b) small, square, entire in front. 



No. XXXV. — Psamathe punctata. 



a. Psamathe punctata, considerably magnified. 



b. The head, with the proboscis protruded, more highly magnified. 



c. A foot, very much enlarged. 



d. A bristle. e. A spine. 



Eyes four, very distinct, occipital, placed in pairs. Antennae four, 

 short, biarticulate, frontal, the superior pair thicker and shorter than 

 the inferior. Mouth furnished with a thick cylindrical proboscis, 

 whose aperture is encircled with a close fringe of papillary tentacula. 

 Tentacular cirri four on each side, the inferior pairs shortest, fili- 



