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LEPIDAMETRIA WeMer. 

 Annel. Chset. of the Virginian Coast, p. 209. 1879. 



Lepida:m:eteia commensalis Wehste}\ 



Op. cit., p. 210, plate iii, figs. 23-31. 



Not common ; only three specimens were collected. 

 Lives in the tube of Amphitrite oniata Yerkill. 



Fam. SIGALIONID^. 



STHENELAIS Kinberg. 

 Annulata Xova. , etc., Of vers af Kongl. Vet-akad-Forh. 1855. 



Sthenelais picta Verrill. 



Verrill. Invert. Animals of Vineyard Sound, etc., p. 582. 1874. 

 Webster. Annel. Chtet. of the Virginian Coast, p. 213. 1879. 



Not common. Dredged. 



Fam. NEPHTHYDID^. 



NEPHTHYS Cmier. 



Nephthts mcisA Malmgren. 



Nephthys incisa MoRii. Xordiska Hafs-Annulater, p. 105, pi. sii, fig. 21. 1865. 

 Annulata Poly ch., p. 141. 1867. 

 " ingensY'ERKihh. Invert. An. Vin. Sound, etc., pi. sii, figs. 59, 60. 1874. 

 " " Webster. Annel. Chset. of the Virginian Coast, p. 213. 1879. 



" 2«cis« Verrill. Check List. 1879. 



Not common. Found in sand and mud ; low water to fifteen feet. 



Nephthts picta Ehlers. 



Ehlers. Die Borstenwiirmer, p. 632, pi. xxiii, figs. 9, 35. 1868. 

 Verrill. Invert. An. Via. Sound, etc., p. 583, pi. xii, fig. 57. 1874. 

 Webster, Annel. Chtet. of the Virginian Coast, p. 214. 1879. 



Fam. PHYLLODOCID^. 



ANAITIS Malmgren. 

 Nordiska Hafs-Annulater, p. 94. 



Anaitis speciosa n. sp. 



PLATE (l) IV, FIGS. 8, 9. 



The outline of the head conforms perfectly to Malragren's generic 

 description ; the middle third of the posterior margin curves sud- 



