392 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



Class CH^TOPODA. 



BY T. WHITELEGGE. 



Order POLYCH^ETA. 



Family AMPHINOMIDJE. 



EURYTHOE COM PLAN ATA, Pallas. 



Eurythoe complanata (Pallas), Baird, Jour. Linn. Soc., Zool., x., 

 1870, p. 222. 



A single specimen is here referred to this species. The example 

 is 25 cm. in length, 2 cm. in width, and 1-2 cm. in thickness; 

 there are 135 body segments. The head is too much retracted to 

 determine the limits of the caruncle without injuring the specimen. 

 The body is pretty uniform in width to within 2 or 3 cm. of the 

 extremities. 



The dorsal bristles consist of three forms, there are numerous 

 elongate tapering bristles a few of which are simple, the majority 

 however are subbifid, the shorter division being rudimentary and 

 scarcely perceptable, the longer division is much elongated taper- 

 ing and smooth. There are also numerous stout, broad serrated 

 bristles having from 40 to 50 strong recurved teeth The ventral 

 bristles are stout with broad bifid and compressed apices, the 

 longer divisions are quite smooth and about seven or eight times 

 longer than the shorter, frequently there are one or two slender 

 bind bristles in which the divisions are long and cylindrical. 



EURYTHOE PACIFICA, var. LEVUKJENSIS, Mclntosh. 

 Eurythoe pacifica var. levukcensis, Mclntosh, Chall. Report, Zool., 

 xii.p. 29, pi. xvi.,fig. 5; pi. llafig. 14; pi. 11 la figs. 10 - 12. 

 There are numerous specimens referable to this species, the 

 body is tapering, measuring from 1*5 to 5 cm. in length and con- 

 sists of about 60 segments. The bristles agree very closely with 

 the figures given by Mclntosh in the Challenger Report. 



Family PHYLLODOCID^. 



PHYLLODOCE sp. 



This form is represented by several specimens and is closely 

 allied to if not identical with P. quadraticeps, Grube; it agrees in 

 every character except the number of bristles. Grube's species is 

 said to have but five, whereas the Funafuti examples have six. 



There are five worm tubes in the collection similar in shape 

 and structure to those inhabited by Eunice tibiana, Pourt., but I 

 failed to find any worms in them. 



Order OLIGOCHJETA. 



Family PERICH^TID^. 



PERICH^ETA GRUBEI, Rosa. 



Perichceta Grubei, Rosa, Ann. d. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus., vi. 

 1891, p. 395, pi. xiii., fig. 4a, 46. 



