302 Mr. J. W. Pijde on xinnelida Poli/chceta 



red patches in the living forms. The branchiae liave divisions 

 which vary with the bodj^-scgments^ but various abnormalities 

 occur from injury and subsequent partial rcproductiou. 

 The spines on the feet in adult examples are black, but in 

 young forms they may be yellow or brown. Tiiey are 

 tapered gently from the base to the tip, which is slightly 

 hooked. The tips also are often abraded. The specimens 

 containing ova were obtained in June and. July. 



Eunice floridana, Pourtales, 1869. 



Only three fragments having the anterior region are 

 present in the collection. They were trawled in September 

 1906 at Station 9, lat. 61° 3-1' N., long. 2° 4' E., but,uufor- 

 tunately, no depth appears on the laliel. However, from 

 other accounts this species is found in deep water, for in 

 1869 the ' Porcupine ' dredged large examples in 173 fathoms 

 between Galway and. the Porcupine Bank, and F. Buchanan 

 obtained examples at 200 fathoms 50 miles of£ Bolus Head, 

 Kerry. It ranges to Sand Key, Florida, Gulf of Gascoigne, 

 south of Cap St. Maira di Leuca, Norway ; but no mention 

 of it is made by Izuka in his ' Errautiate Polychceta ' of 

 Japan. 



The palpi are massive, separated by a notch in front, and 

 have a deep ventral groove which is more distinct than that 

 of E. norvegica. The tentacles, too, are much stouter than 

 those of E. norvegica, but the articulations are not so distinct. 

 The median tentacle is well marked, being much longer than 

 the lateral tentacles, the outside pair of which are somewhat 

 short in all three examples. The eyes are intensely black 

 and easily seen. 



As no specimen is entire, no length can be given for body- 

 measurement ; but the Monograph states : — " Body 6-8 ins. 

 long and about 4 mm. broad in front, very little tapered 

 anteriorly, but posteriorly diminishing to a slender tail with 

 two cirri. Segments 100-150.^^ The first segment is very 

 broad, but the second is narrower than the third and bears 

 two tentacular cirri, which are finely pointed and which reach 

 forward to the base of the palpi. The tips have no 

 crenations. 



One of the specimens is laden Avith ova, which appear at 

 three different places — (a) segments 11-17, [h) segments 29- 

 38, and (c) segments 85-91 — which have a dark purplish 

 iridescent colour, not unlike that of some of the Hcsionidie. 

 The species, according to the Monograj)h, inhabits purch- 



