from the North Sed and adj-icnit parts. 241 



viz. FA'iia Irijidity ^rns ilrcd^od. Izuka, iit liis rcsearclics in 

 the seas of Japan, touiid three specie?, but Goniada macuhtta 

 did not occur. The reports of the German iuvcstif^atious of 

 thi.s taniily are not to hand, and so no coinpiiri.soii.s &c. can 

 be drawn. 



Tlic head is a lonp, bluntly rounded, conical process, with 

 four short squat ciiri, and consists of cij,fht set^nieiits, which 

 are very indistinct in this form. The body has, includin*^ 

 the head, about eighty segments, and tapers more anteriorly 

 than posteriorly, where it ends in two fairly long tapering 

 cirri, which are pale and translucent. The colour appears to 

 vary with the sex and with the season. This example is 

 dusky brown throughout, but light touches occur at t!ie bases 

 of the feet and on the sides of the head. For a full descrip- 

 tion of fresh forms see ' Monograph of 13ritish Annelids,' 

 vol. ii. part ii. pp. 464-G. The feet stand out conspicuously 

 from the sides of the boily, and are in agreement with those 

 of typical forms. The bristles, however, like the example, 

 are small, but are quite characteristic of the species, being 

 ]>ale in colour, ta))ering, and thin, the dorsal bristles having 

 straight shafts, with no serrations or terminal pieces, and 

 slightly dilatated tips. The ventral bristles are also pale 

 and have fairly long curved shafts, with slender serrated 

 terminal pieces articulated at the ends. The bristles arc 

 arranged fan-wise, and the tij)s of the posterior bristles, espe- 

 cially the central series of the fan, attain a much greater 

 length. 



The alimentary tract is simple, fairly narrow posteriorly, 

 but wide anteriorly, and is easily seen through the thin 

 body-wall. The mouth is ventral, possesses lips, and the 

 anus lies between the two anal cirri already mentioned. 

 The specimen is not matuie, but some forms procured oft' the 

 k5.\V' . of Ireland had large ova in July. Prof. I\[*lntosh is 

 inclined to think that Goniadu alcockiana^ Dr. Carriuiiton, 

 is a variety of this species. 



Genus Glycinde, Fritz Muller. 

 Glycinde nordmanni, Malmgren, 1866. 



Four very much dried and shrivelled specimens of this 

 annelid were dredged on the 4th December, 1905, at Dabs 

 Voe, in 15 fathoms. Each measures about 2 inches long, 

 but one is very much thinner and more linear than the 

 others, wlios<^ Ixnlies taper anteriorly but more gra<lually 

 posteriorly. The colour is dark brown, resendding that of 

 ()/Jiir'dnnitux He.nioxiis, and llirre is Utile (jiireronce in hue 



