UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS 



IN 



ZOOLOGY 



Vol. 16, No. 22, pp. 401-430, plates 31-37 March 24, 1917 



ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF APHRODITIDAE 

 FROM THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA ,. 



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CHRISTINE ESSENBERG \ 



CONTENTS ^sj'^a/ 



PAGE 



A. Introduction 401 



B. Acknowletlgmeuts _ 401 



C. General description of the Aphroditidae 402 



D. Description of new species 403 



1. Aphrodita longipalpa sp. nov 403 



2. Aplirodita californica sp. nov 406 



3. Aphrodita solitaria sp. nov 408 



4. Aphrodita cryptommata sp. nov 409 



5. Aphrodita brevitentaculata sp. nov 411 



6. Aphrodita raripillata sp. nov 413 



E. Literature cited 416 



F. Explanation of plates 418 



A. INTRODUCTION 



Wliile examining the abundant material in tlie Zoological Museum 

 at the University of California, my attention was first drawn to 

 the Aphroditidae. This family having received little attention, some 

 species were found which evidentlj' were new, and it is tlie aim of 

 the present paper to describe them. 



B. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

 I gladly avail myself of this opportunity to express my sincerest 

 thanks to Professor Charles A. Kofoid for his encouragement, his 

 valuable suggestions, and his criticism in this work. I further wish 

 to extend hearty thanks to Dr. Olive Swezy for her kind criticism 

 and her interest in the work. 



