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Occurrences. — The three specimens of Aphrodita raripillata in the 

 collection of the University of California are of different sizes. One of 

 them has the egg-sacs attached to the ventral surface. Another speci- 

 men, judging by the size, is young. These three specimens, the type 

 and two paratypes, were taken off Southern California at different 

 depths, from 27 to 55 metres. The type is from Station LV, Haul 2, 

 at 32° 32' N, 117° 14' W, off San Diego, where it was taken July 18, 

 1901, at a deptli of 46 to 41 metres, on bottom of soft mud, sand, and 

 rocks. One of the paratypes is fi'om Station LVIII, at 32° 26' N, 

 117° 15'2 W, off San Diego, at a depth of 33-27 metres on a bottom 

 of sand and broken shells, taken July 19, 1901. The other paratype 

 was taken at Station XXIII, Haul 2, at 33° 19^3 N, 118° 18:2 W, off 

 Avalon, Catalina Island, at a depth of 55^2 metres, on a bottom of 

 fine gray sand and broken shells, on June 22, 1901. 



Transmitted November 3, 1916. 



Zoological Laboratory, 



University op California. 



E. LITERATURE CITED 

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 Bourne, A. G. 



1883. On certain points in the anatomy of the Polynoiua, and on the Polynoe 

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CUVIER, 6. 



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