240 DR. BAIRD ON TWO NONDESCRIPT LARVAL ANNULOSA. 



to have only "two eyes." Yet in his remarks on P. elongata 

 (I. c), he says, though it differs from P. aurata in the form of the 

 ventral sets9, and in the fan of the palese covering the back, it is 

 "numero oculorum P. dehili similior" ! I suspect, as in the 

 case of the genus Hipponoe (see remarks under the head of this 

 genus), that the eyes, which are small, have not been properly 

 examined, and that, perhaps, in all the species of this family, the 

 eyes are four in number, as Ehlers has so distinctly represented 

 in his figure of Chrysopetalum fragile (I. c), and as Schmarda has 

 also done in the figure he gives of his Faleonotus chrysolejpis (I. c) , 



B. Body elongate, with nwnerous segments. 

 Genus IV. Bhawania. 



Bhawania, Schmarda, Cams, Ehlers, Quatrefages. 



Eeet biramose. Body long, with many segments. Head-lobe 

 with a tentacle, two antennae, and two palpi ; branchiae apparently 

 indistinct. The palese numerous, narrow, in shape of spines, 

 disposed in rows. Setae of dorsal feet broad, obliquely truncate, 

 all the setae articulate. Eyes ? 



I insert this genus with a doubt. The figure of the only 

 known species, represented by Schmarda, is very different in 

 form from any others of the family. The feet are bii'amose, 

 which is different also from the typical genera. Schmarda and 

 Ehlers, however, place this genus in this family without any hesi- 

 tation ; and though Quatrefages throws some doubt on the sub- 

 ject, he remarks, " it represents in this family the Aphroditeans 

 with numerous segments (such as some of the Polynoes and Si- 

 galioii), which we have seen to diff'er in as great a degree from 

 the Aphrodites and the Hermiones " (I. c. p. 298). 



Sp. 1. Bhawania mtrialepis. 



Bhawania myriale])is, Schmarda, Neue wirbell. Thiere, i. 2. p. 164 ; 

 Cams, Handb. der Zool, ii. 434 ; Ehlers, Die Borstenwurmer, p. 80 ; 

 Quatrefages, Hist. Nat. Anneles, i. p. 297. 

 Hah. Island of Ceylon, Schmarda. 



A short account of two hitherto nondescript Annulose Animals of a 

 larval character. 



Amongst the species of Annelids in the British Museum were 

 deposited two specimens (in spirits) of annvdose animals, which I 

 was led to believe were marine. One had no habitat attached to 

 it; the other was from the Philippine Islands, collected by tlie 



