THE ANNALS 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[EIGHTH SERIES.] 
No. 104. AUGUST 1916. 
XVIII.—Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. An- 
drews.—No. XX XIX. By Prof. M‘Inrosu, M.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S., &c. 
[Plate VII. ] 
. On the Coloration of Cesicirrus neglectus, Arwidsson. 
. On Cirratulus (bioculatus) incertus, M‘T. 
. On the British Serpulidee, with a Note of those procured in the 
‘ Porcupine’ Expeditions and those obtained by Canon Norman in 
Norwegian Waters. 
. On a Placostegus from the ‘ Porcupine’ Expedition of 1870. 
Cote 
SS 
1. On the Coloration of Ceesicirrus neglectus, Arwidsson. 
Aut that is known of the coloration of this by no means 
uncommon species is the remark by Cunningham and 
Ramage*, in their “Polychet Fauna of the Firth of 
Forth,” that in their “ Aviothea catenata the colour is 
pinkish, pale towards the anterior end, with broad bands 
surrounding the body at intervals.” The region whence 
these authors drew their supples has since altered its 
character, probably from pollution, so that a careful search 
was unsuccessful. It lives gregariously in tubes of sand- 
particles sunk in the sand. In the Welsh examples t+ the 
anterior end of the annelid is somewhat pale, though the 
median vessel causes a streak along the dorsum, the blood 
* Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. xxxiii. pp. 679 &e. (1888), 
+ I am indebted to Mr. Arnold Watson for the living examples which 
he sent from Wales. 
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