90 



REPORT — 1869. 



from the neiglabourhood of riymouth was scut to me for examination by 

 Mr. Speucc Bate and Mr. Brooking Eowe ; the former likewise courteously 

 gave me the use of some careful drawings, from which sources the following 

 list is drawn up. As not unfreqiiently happens with such animals, the 

 specimens were in an indifferent state of preservation, especially those 

 which had been placed in glycerine. Although somewhat softened, how- 

 ever, they were of great interest, and much care had evidently been be- 

 stowed on their collection. As a series entirely from the southern shores of 

 England, they form an advantageous contrast with the collections of Mr. 

 Gwyn Jeffi-eys, which come from the opposite extremity of the British 

 Islands, xii. from the Zetlandic seas. 



The majority of the species are weU-known forms, and with regard to 

 these it is only necessary to refer to the list. Amongst the rarer forms, 

 Lepidonotus dava, Mont., seems to be plentiful, whereas on most of our 

 shores it is not commonly met with. Its speckled and adherent scales, 

 swollen and ringed cirri, and stout yellow bristles render it an easHy recog- 

 nized species. The Nereis Marionii, Aud. & Ed., has not hitherto been re- 

 corded as British, and appears to be chiefly a southern form, for I have not 

 yet found it elsewhere than in the Channel Islands and in this collection 

 from Plymouth. It is characterized by the great development of the superior 

 lobe of the foot towards the posterior end of the body. Onuphis sicida, 

 De Quatref., is also comparatively common. The range of this species extends 

 from the Shetland Islands to the Mediterranean. It has jointed bristles, as 

 in Eunice, and the examples were in tubes of gravel and sand. The very 

 large size of some of the specimens of Cirratuhis cirratiis calls for notice. I 

 have not seen larger. The occurrence of TereheUa medusa, Sav., a gigantic 

 form, is likewise interesting ; and it is probable that TereheUa gigantea of 

 Montagu refers to this species. The hooks correspond with that figured by 

 Dr. Malmgren *, from a specimen procured in the Ilcd Sea near Suez, and 

 have five (rarely six) distinctly separated teeth. The TerebeJla {Pohjmnia) 

 Danielsseni of Malmgren is a new British form, distinguished by the three 

 comparatively short branchiaj and the shape of the hooks, which have a 

 large fang and two or three small teeth above it. 



List of Species. 



Hermione bystrix, Sav. 

 Lepidonotus squamatus, Linn. 



clava, Mont. 



Harmothoe imbricata, Linn. 



— — longisetis, Gruhe. 



PolyiioiJ asterina (squamosa, Dclk Chiaje). 



Attached to Asterins aurantiaca. 

 Sigalion boa, Johnst. 



Nepbtbys ?. softened fragment. 



INotophyllum polynoides, (Erst. 



Eulalia viridis, MiUl. 



Eteone pusilla, (Ersf. 



Syllis armillaris, Mull. 



Grattiola spectabilis, Juhn&f.'i (Drawing.) 



Nereis zonata, Malmgren ? 



pelagicfl, L. 



■ Marionii, A. ^ Ed. 



■ cultrifera, Chrube. 



Nereilepas fucata, Sav. 

 Eunereis longissima, Joknst. 



Mull. 



Lumbrinereis fragilis, 



Eunice ? 



Leodice norvegica, L. 



Lysidice ninetta, A. 8f Ed. 



Hyalina:-cia tubicola, Miill. 



Onuphis sicula, Quatref. 



Notooirrus scoticus, McL 



Glycera capitata, (Erst. 



— '— Goesi, Mgrn. 



Arenicola ecaudata, Johnst. 



Chfftopterus norvegicus, Sars. (Drawing.) 



Nerine vulgaris, Johnst. 



Scolecolepis cirrata, Sars. 



Cirratulus cirratus, Miill. 



Capitella capitata, Fahr. 



Ammocbares Ottonis, Gruhe. 



Sabellaria alveolata, L. 



Pectinaria belgica, Pallas. 



Amphictene auricoma, Miill. 



Ampbicteis Gunner!, Sars. 



* Nordista Hafs-annulater, tab, 35. f. 80. 



