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Vermilia serrula. Stimpson. 



Fossil— Riviere-du- Loup, on shells. 



Recent — Gulf St. Lawrence, It is quite likely the Greenland species 

 identified by Fabricius with 8erpula triquetra. 



Spiochoetopterus typus. Sars. 

 Fossil — Labrador (Packard). 

 Recent — Labrador (Packard) ; Norway (Sars). 



Spirorhis glomerata {Stimpsoni, Verrill). Muller. 



Fossil— Riviere-du-Loup; Little Metis; Labrador (Packard); Green- 

 land (Fabr.) ; Gaspe. This species is Spirorhis Stimpsoni of Verrill, 

 being regarded by him as distinct and new. 



Spirorhis vitrea. Fabricius. 



Fossil — Montreal ; Quebec ; Riviere-du-Loup ; Murray Bay. Very 

 common on stones and shells. 



Recent— Little Metis ; Greenland (Fabricius) ; Gulf St. Lawrence. 



Spirorhis horealis. Daudin. 



Fossil — Riviere-du-Loup, on shells. 



Recent — Gulf St. Lawrence ; Greenland (Fabricius). 



Spirorhis lucidus. Fleming. 



Fossil — Riviere-du-Loup, on the inside of shells. 



Recent— Gulf St. LaM'rence ; Fishing Banks, American Coast 

 (Gould). 



Spirorhis carinata. Montague. 



Fossil — Riviere-du-Loup, on shells. 



This is a Spirorhis with one carina, found also in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, and possibly the same with the S. contortuplicata of 

 Fabricius from Greenland ; Little Metis. 



The beautiful Spirorhis cancellata of Fabricius, so common in the 

 modern Gulf of St. Lawrence, and also in Greenland, has not yet been 

 found in the Pleistocene. 



Nereis pelagica. Linn. 



Fossil — Green's Creek (collection of Mr. J. Stewart, Ottawa, and 

 J.W. D.) 



The specimens are in the nodules from this locality. They resemble 

 at first sight whitish strips of calcareous matter about four inches in 

 length and scarcely two lines in breadth. This strip of calcite is a 



