184! DE. BAIED OK THE APHEODITACEAN ANKELIDES. 



Sp. 18. LePIDONOTUS IMPATIElSrS. 



Polynoe impatiens, Savigny, Syst. Annelid. 24 ; Atlas, t. 3. fig. 2. 

 Sah. Eed Sea, Savigny. 



Sp. 19. Lepidonottjs glaucus. 



Polynoe glauca, Peters, Monatsbericht der Jcdnigl. Preuss. Akad. der 

 Wissenschaft. Berlin, 1854, p. 610. 



Sai. Haven of Mossambique, Peters. 



Sp. 20. Lepidonottjs cltpeatus. 



Polynoe clypeata, Grube, Archiv fur Naturg. 1860, p. 71, t, 3. f. 1. 



Sab. Mediterranean, Adriatic and near tlie Scilly Islands, 

 Grube. 



Sp. 21. Lepidokotus semitecttjs. 



Lepidonota semitecta, Stimpson, Proceedings of Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, 1855, vol. vii. p. 393. 



Mab. Simon's Bay, Cape of Grood Hope. 



Sp. 22. Lepidokotus Sinclatei, sp. nov. 



Head-lobe rather small ; tentacle unfortunately broken, only 

 the base remaining. Antennae produced from the anterior mar- 

 gin of cephalic lobe, dark-coloured at their bases, which are the 

 only parts remaining. Palpi stout, white, setaceous, and smooth. 

 Elytra 12 pairs, pale-coloured, mottled with black ; rounded, thin, 

 covered all over with minute points, with some larger, raised, and 

 rounded punctations intermixed ; ciliated on outer margin. Back 

 completely covered. Feet biramous : ventral branch the larger 

 of the two, with a fascicle of yellow bristles, stout, slightly curved 

 at the point, and serrated a short distance below the apes. Dor- 

 sal branch small ; bristles short, slender, sharp-pointed, and mi- 

 nutely serrated nearly their whole length. Dorsal cirri conical, 

 setaceous, smooth ; anal cirri rudimentary. 



Length about 9 lines ; breadth 2 lines. 



Sab. New Zealand. Named after the late Dr. Andrew Sinclair, 

 to whom we are indebted for the only specimen we possess 

 (Mus. Brit.). 



Sp. 23. Lepidonotus oculatus, sp. nov. 



Animal about 1| inch long, and, including the setse, about | 

 an inch broad, nearly equal in breadth at each extremity. It is 

 of a light-yeUow colour. 



Head rather small ; tentacle and antennse rather short, of 

 nearly equal length, club-shaped near extremity, which terminates 

 suddenly in a slender point. Palpi stout, conical, setaceous, only 

 a little longer than the tentacle and antennse. Peet stout, bira- 



