246 SUBANTARCTIC ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND. [Polychaeta. 



Locality. — Campbell Island; under stones ; (T. J. Parker, 1895). 



Distribution. — " It stretches from Britain to Japan on the one hand, and from 

 South Africa to Juan Fernandez on the other." Thus Mcintosh, from whom the 

 above series of synonyms is quoted. 



Fam. GLYCERIDAE. 



Hemipodus, Quatrefages, 1865. 



Hemipodus simplex, Grube. 



1857. Glycera simplex, Grube, " Annulata Oerstediana," in Vid. Meddl. naturh. 

 Foren. Kjobenhavn, p. 177. 1901. Hemipodus simplex, Ehlers, Die Poly- 

 chaeten magel. u. chilen. Strandes, p. 155, pi. xviii, figs. 11-15. 1904. H. 

 simplex, Ehlers, Neuseel. Annel., p. 37. 



In the memoir by Ehlers (1901) a full synonymy is given. He remarks (1904), 

 " The presence of Hemipodus in New Zealand is of special interest, as the genus has 

 hitherto been found only on the South American coast. It is probably a Pacific- 

 notial form." 



Locality. — Auckland Island : Masked Island, Carnley Harbour ; (W. B. B.). 



Distribution. — New Zealand; Magellan Strait; west coast of South America. 



Fam. SPIONIDAE. 



POLYDOEA, BOSC, 1802. 



Polydora polybranchia, Haswell. 



1886. Polydora polybranchia, Haswell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., x, p. 273. 1893. 

 Boccardia polybranchia, Carazzi, Mitth. Zool. Stat. Neapel, xi, p. 15. 1896. 

 Polydora polybranchia, Mesnil, Bull. Sci. France et Beige, xxix, p. 221, 

 pi. xiv, figs. 9-21. 1901. P. polybranchia, Ehlers, Die Polychaeten magel. u. 

 chilen. Strandes, p. 164. 1904. P. polybranchia, Ehlers, Neuseel. Annel., 

 p. 44. 

 For a species of Polydora this is of rather large size, attaining a length of 18 mm, 

 by 1 '5 mm. 



The anterior end is dark olive-green ; the rest of the body is pale yellowish- 

 brown. The long tentacles, characteristic of the genus, are present in several of 

 the individuals, but they readily drop off on handling. 



Locality. — Auckland Island : Erebus Cove, Port Ross ; under stones, in mud, 

 at or near high- water mark ; (W. B. B.) 



Distribution. — New Zealand ; Australia ; Magellan Strait ; Falkland Island ; 

 Mediterranean (Carazzi) ; Strait of Dover (Mesnil), 



Fam. TELETHUSIDAE, 

 Arenicola, Linnaeus, 

 Arenicola assimilis, Ehlers, var. afifinis, Ashworth. 



1897. Arenicola assimilis, Ehlers, Polychaeten Hamburg. Magalhaens. Sammel- 

 Teise, p. 103. 1901. A. assimilis, Ehlers, Die Polychaeten magel. u. chilen. 



