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granulations, ciliated on the external margin, the overlapped smoother 
than the exposed portion, for the granules on the former are more minute 
than on the latter; the anterior scales are smaller and rounder than the 
others, and completely cover the head, which is a sub-triangular pink or 
purplish corneous plate, furnished with four small eyes; antenne three, 
the central one largest, bulbous near the point ; palpi two, longer than the 
antenne, swollen near the apex; the tentacular cirri similar to the superior 
cirri of the feet, these are white, with a blackish ring at the bulb where the 
acumination commences, retractile, originating from above the dorsal branch 
of every alternate foot, and under the scales; the last three pairs of feet 
each with a cirrus; feet twenty-five pairs, obtuse, sub-bifid, the dorsal 
branch shorter and less than the ventral, each terminated with a brush of 
stiff brown bristles, and under the ventral branch there is a small setaceous 
cirrus, and also a fleshy spine at its junction with the belly ; bristles when 
removed golden-yellow, those of the dorsal branch slenderest, gently 
curved, pointed, and serrulate for about half their length, those of the 
ventral branch stouter, slightly bent near the top, and serrulated with a 
double series of teeth on the outer side of the bend, each tuft of bristles 
enclosing a dark brown straight spine, the inferior stouter than the upper 
one; ventral surface straw colour, prismatic, marked with the viscera, and 
sometimes spotted with black near the base of the feet.” (Cat. Worms, 
BiM., p. 107.) 
Two very fine specimens of this species were obtained at Worser Bay in 
August last. 
Lepidonotus yiganteus, sp. nov. 
Body elliptieal, rather broader posteriorly than in the front; convex 
dorsally, of a brown colour, tinged with slate; scales ovate, imbricate, 
coarsely granulate, projecting beyond the sides of the body, towards the 
posterior and lateral margins of each scale the granulations assume the 
character of short stout spines, external margins ciliated, the overlapped 
smoother than the exposed portion ; anterior scales smaller than the others, 
sub-circular, very coarsely granulous, completely covering and projecting 
beyond the head; twenty-five pairs of feet, sub-bifid, the dorsal branch 
much the smaller, and carrying a bunch of silky hairs, while the ventral is 
armed with a bundle of coarse bristles of a deep golden colour. Under the 
ventral branch is a fleshy cirrus. A very obtuse fleshy spine marks the 
junction of each foot with the belly ; ventral surface a pale yellowish white. 
Length, 4 inches ; breadth, 1,4 inches. 
Hab: Wellington. 
