118 Prof. M'Intosh's Notes from the 



without bristles, was dreclp;ed in 100 fathoms, 30 miles 

 west of Cape Monday, in the 'Porcupine' Expedition of 

 ISrO. It is comparatively large, measuiing 4'5 mm. in 

 diameter. Viewed laterally it resembles an elegant urn in 

 miniature, with the ventral ridge passing up to its edge and 

 to the longest and largest cirrus. The free edge is neatly 

 cut into minute, rigid, conical cirri, except in the case of 

 three which are subulate and longer. Two of these are 

 symmetrically placed, four short cirri separating each from 

 the long ventral cirrus, whilst on the right five short cirri 

 separate the odd long cirrus from that adjoining. The 

 total number of cirri is fifty-nine, and ot these, as indicated, 

 only four are long. The distal cavity is shallow, a fine 

 series of grooves radiating from the central anus to the 

 spaces between the cirri. The ring from which the funnel 

 arises is rounded and only moderately prominent, whilst 

 externally the wall of the funnel is quite smooth. 



Maldane sarsi ? 



A minute form in a tube of secretion coated with fine sand 

 w^as dredged in Bono Bay by the ' Porcupine ' in 1870, In 

 external appearance, viz. in the slope and structure of the 

 cephalic plate and in the truncated and notched anal plate, 

 it closely resembles M. sarsi, though perhaps the latter (anal 

 plate) is more circular. The hooks also appear to correspond, 

 having in lateral view two teeth behind the great fang and 

 indications of a third. 



A fragmentary form near Asijchis'?, dredged in the ' Porcu- 

 pine'* Expedition of 1870, 9 miles off Cape Finisterre, in 

 81 fathoms. Two segments from the middle (?) region of a 

 large species having thin body-walls. Each segment 

 measures about 16 mm. in length and fully 4 mm. in 

 diameter, with the feet at the posterior border. The bristles 

 are (1) strong golden forms with straight shafts and tapered 

 tips with wings, and (2) translucent slender forms with 

 opposite spikes. The hooks are large, with long, curved, 

 striated shafts, a well-m.arked shoulder, and rather long 

 necks, which are constricted at the commencement, dilate 

 in the middle, and again are somewhat narrowed in the 

 throat. Viewed antero-posteriorly the neck is fusiform. 

 The strong and sharp great fang leaves the neck at a little 

 less than a right angle, and a long straight edge occurs 

 between its base and the anterior projection of the neck 

 from which the gular bristles arise. These are powerful 

 fibres which curve upward and over the tip of the great 



