NO. 1 HARTMAN : POLYCHAETOUS ANNELIDS 23 



Aphrodita refulgida Moore 

 Plate 1, Figs. 7, 8 



Aphrodita refulgida Moore, 1910, pp. 376-380, pi. 32, figs. 76-84; 



Treadwell, 1914, p. 177. 

 Aphrodita solitaria Essenberg, 1917, pp. 408-409, pi. 37, figs. 81, 82; 

 pi. ?>?>, figs. 27-38. 



Collections. — 886-38, 887-38, Ace. R 1. 3 specimens. 



All of the neuropodial setae taper distally and terminate in an at- 

 tenuated point (pi. 1, figs. 7, 8). The description of A. solitaria Essen- 

 berg agrees reasonably well with Moore's description of A. refulgida. 



Monro (1933, p. 12) doubtfully referred some specimens from 

 Perlas Islands in the Panama region to A. solitaria Essenberg. I believe 

 these to be what has herein been designated A. japonica (see above). 



Distribution. — Central and southern California. Subintertidal to 51 

 fms. 



Aphrodita falcifera, new species 

 Plate 1, Figs. 11-15; Plate 26, Figs. 319, 320 



Collection. — 287-34 (Holotype). 1 specimen. 



Length 22 mm, width 16 mm; number of setigerous segments 34. 

 Anterior and posterior ends similar in outline, the posterior end not 

 greatly attenuated to form a tube. 



Prostomium approximately triangular, the anterior end broadest; 

 provided with 4 subequal black eye spots, the two of a side near to- 

 gether. A small median antenna is inserted between the eyes, and a 

 smaller, papillar antenna is on each side between anterior and posterior 

 eyes (pi. 1, fig. 15). The facial tubercle is large, conspicuous, as tj^pical 

 of the genus. 



General appearance rough, spiny, because of the numerous, long, 

 dorsal spines which project laterally, obliquely upward and dorsally 

 across the body. The notopodial setae (pi. 26, fig. 319) are yellowish to 

 gold, the neuropodial setae bronze colored. The former greatly exceed 

 the ventral setae in number and length. The dorsal setae form ten or 

 more irregular transverse series in each parapodium; they are slenderer 

 than the superior neuropodial setae, and the ventralmost are about as 

 thick as the dorsalmost, but the uppermost exceed the lower in length. 

 In the inferior part of the fascicle there are a few finer, shorter setae 

 which are obscurely pilose. The others appear rough due to the presence 



