40 EOLIDID.E. 



tades ven* long, stout and tapering : hrcniclual processes long, 

 nearly linear, dull red or brownish, sometimes inclined to 

 olive, with white tips, set in 4 to 6 clusters on each side of the 

 back : foot with the anterior angles much produced. L. 1-5. 



Habitat : Xear low-water mark and in shallow water ; 

 abundant on some parts of the west coast of England and 

 Scotland, as also in Ireland, but more rare on the south and 

 east. [Kiel Bay, and Samsoe in Jutland (^d^eyer and Mobiusj; 

 Arcachon (Fischer).] 



This species is shorter and stouter than the last, with the 

 head rather larger. The colour of the branchial papillse is 

 very variable, but generally partakes more or less of a reddish 

 hue. 



6. E. PUXCTATA, Alder and Hancock. 



E. punctata. A. & H. in Ann. N. H. Ist ser. svi. p. .315 ; Brit. ^ud. Moll, 

 lam. 3, pi. 15. 



Body yellowish-fleshcoloured, covered with opaque white 

 spots : dorsal tentacles yellowish, very obliquely laminated : 

 oral teatacleslong, white: hrandiial processes oblong, tapering 

 to a rather acute point, reddish-brown, spotted with white ; 

 set in 5 or 6 clusters on each .side of the back : foot with the 

 anterior angles much produced. L. 1. 



Habitat : Dredged in deepish water off Berry Head, Tor- 

 bay (Alder). 



7. E. elegans, Alder and Hancock. 



E. elegans, A. & H. in Ann. ]S'. H. 1st ser. xri. p. 315; Brit. Xud. Moll, 

 fam. 3, pi. 17. f. 2, 3, 4. 



Body rather slender, yellowish-white : dorsal tentacles stout- 

 ish, buff or fawncoloured, with white tips ; strongly wrinkled 

 transversely : oral tentacles nearly twice the length of the dor- 

 sal pair, white : hrancJiial processes rosy-fleshcoloured, deepen- 

 ing into blackish-purple at the top and bottom, with a ring of 

 opaque white at the ape:^ ; set in about 7 clusters on each side : 

 Joot having its anterior angles very much produced. L. 0-5. 



Habitat: Dredged in about 15 fathoms off Berry Head 

 (Alder). 



