232 DH. BATEd's CONtEIBUTIONS TOWARDS X 



Sp. 7. Chloeia rucATA. 



Chloeia fueata, Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. AnneUs, toiii. i. p. 390. 

 Ilab. Mascate, Quatrefages. 



Sp. 8. Chloeia nuda. 



Chloeia nuda, Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. Anneles, torn. i. p. 390. 

 Hah. Amboina, Quatrefages. 



Sp. 9. Chloeia venusta. 



Chloeia venusta, Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. Anneles, torn. i. p. 391. 

 JIah. Palermo, Quatrefages. 



Sp. 10. Chloeia yiiitbi8. 



Chloeia viridis, Schmarda, Neue wirhell. Thieve, torn. ii. p. 144. 

 fig. xylogr., A-x. tab. 35. f. 295-305 ; Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. 

 Anneles, torn. i. p. 392. 

 JIah. Coast of Jamaica, Schmarda. 



Sp. 11. Chloeia tttmida, sp. bov. (Plate IV. figs. 7 a-d.) 

 • Corpus tumid um, album, e segmentis triginta et sex con- 

 stans. Oculi parvi. Caruncula mediocris, plicata. Branchiae 

 bipinnatse, ab segmento quarto orientes. Oculi parvi. Cirri 

 dorsales , longiores quam ventrales, et tenuiores. Cirri anales 

 crassi, breves. Setae pedum dorsalium breviores quam ventra- 

 lium, et parura numerosae, paululum infra apicem tumidae, 

 extus prope apicem unidentatae, intus valde serratae (interdum 

 simplices). Setae pedum ventralium longao capillares, bifidae, ramo 

 interno brevissimo, dentem, simulante, ad apicem simplices. 



Long, uneias sex et dimidiam aequans ; lat. (setis inclusis) un- 

 cias duas aequans. 



Hah. India, Leadheater fide Leach (Mits. Urit.). 



The body of this \«rorm is very tumid or swollen, quite 

 white in all its parts and destitute of any markings or co- 

 lour. It is much longer than broad, in length being Q\ inches, 

 in breadth (including the setae) 2 inches, and is composed of 36 

 segments. The skin or dorsal surface is wrinkled. The ca- 

 runcle is moderately large and plicate, and the branchiae are bi- 

 pinnate, and commence from the fourth segment of the body. 

 The eyes are very small. The dorsal cirri are longer and more 

 slender than the ventral ; the anal cirri are very stout, rather 

 short, and of about the same thickness throughout their length. 

 The bristles of the ventral or lower row of feet (fig. 7 d) are long, 

 white, capillary, terminating in a rather sharp point, bifid, the 

 inner ramus very short, more resembling a tooth, springing from 



