254 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



slightly rounded, and the dorsal surface a little concave ; posterior 

 caudal appendages much shorter than the abdomen ; rami slightly 

 unequal, the outer stout, spinulose; the inner a little shorter and 

 much more slender." 



Color, in life, nearly white, with chalky white spots and 

 scattered, blackish dots arranged irregularly; in specimens pre- 

 served in alcohol, dark brown, with the margins of the segments 

 of a lighter brown. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Distribution: Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey; mouth of 

 Choptauk River, Maryland; Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, 

 Massachusetts ; Nantucket. The species has not yet been reported 

 from Connecticut waters, but may be expected inasmuch as it 

 occurs both to the north and south. 



According to Professor Smith, it burrows in the sand of 

 beaches just above ordinary high-water mark. 



