from the North bca and adjacent parts. 



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se<:jnicnt, and thus dark brown transverse dorsal streaks 

 appear at regular intervals. Behind these streaks, which 

 arc very narrow, there are others which an; while. Towards 

 the tail region the colour is of a pale flesh hue, which is 

 enlivened by the dark green ficcal pac-kets. 



The i'oot is quite typical, and good drawings may be seen 

 in pi. Ixxiv. figs. 10-10 [b) of vol. ii. ])art ii. of the ' Mono- 

 graph.^ The bristles, too, ai'c characteristic of the species, 

 but had nothing of peculiar interest. The specimens were 

 not mature, and one of them had a small portion of a tuije 

 attached to it. The tube appeared to have been formed from 

 a mucous secretion wliich had been covered witli very fine 

 sand-particles, amongst which were very minute portions of 

 sliclls. 



From the jNIonograph * Lo Bianco gives September as the 

 month in which Neapolitan examples are mature. 



This annelid resembles many of the Hesionidse in being 

 very irritable and vivacious, and breaks when much inter- 

 fcrid with. 



Genus Marphysa, De Quatrefages, 1865. 



One specimen of Marphysa belli, Audouin & Edwards, 

 was obtained at Station 18 a, lat. 60° 57' N., long. 5° 47' \V., 

 and at a depth of 384 m., along with several fragments of 

 Marphysa sanyainea, Montague ; but unfortunately the 

 examples were lost when the laboratory took fire. A full 

 account of l)otli, however, can be had from Prof. M'Intosh's 

 ' Monograph,' vol. ii. part ii. pp. 412-451. 



Subfamily Onuphididm. 



Genus Onuphis, Audouin & Edwards, 1834. 



Onuphis brilannica, M'Intosh, 1903. 



This species, when compared with O. concJujlega, Sars, 

 and Hyaliufccia tubicola, O. F. M., occurs in very small num- 

 bers, and the following table gives the details of the hauls : — 



• Vide ' Monograph,' vol. ii. part ii. p. 434, 



