from the Svrth -Sea and utfjacfuf jiarls. 



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Iiitt'iiially the p^Iobiihir proce?ses Imve elongated f^ianular 

 strufturi'S. 'I'he skin ot the foot is likewise covi-red with 

 }»a|.illie. A siuu'lt! spiiio suppoiis tlie fi>of, the bii.stle>* in 

 which tlillVr from those ol" the adult E/ihtsii (/nicilis in having 

 tlie terminal piece less hooked as well as distinctly dilicren- 

 tiatetl from the end of the shaft. The terminal piece forms 

 a s »ine\vhat conical process with an oblique base, the dorsal 

 margin bfitig slightly convex, the ventral slightly concave. 

 'J he shaft is somewhat curved and is dilated at the tin below 

 the bovellcHl nrtiiular surface. The bristles are veiy trans- 

 lucent and approach those of Kphenia canadensis^ a species, 

 however, which differs in other respects from this form." 



Family Chloroeniida. 

 Genus Stvlauiuidls. 



Sti/IarioUlts pluniosu, O. F. Miiller. 



This species is one of the two representatives of a some- 

 what wiilely distributed and noteworthy fanjily . Tiie annelids 

 were obtained as follows : — 



In "Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews. 

 — No. XXX." *, Prot. M'Intosh gives the above as a conunoa 

 liritish species ; but it is generally distributed in the North 

 European seas, and extends to Greenland and the shores 

 of America. This species, however, does not ajipear in the 

 dredgings of the 'Porcupine' Expeditions of 18GS) and 1870, 

 although the genus is wdl rej»resentetl by Stylarivides gUiuca, 

 IS.jiubtllata, and S. sarsii, which resembles S. 2'lumo.',a, but 

 has a shorter anterior region, fewer segments, niore velvety 

 surface, and stiffer dorsal bristles. [\i the dredgings of 

 Dr. Whiteaves in the Gulf ot tSt. Lawrence, Canada, good 



♦ J'Ule Ann. & Mag. Nat. Ili.'-t. ser. 8, vol. ii. p. 524 (Dec. 1008). 



