222 Proceedings of the Rm/al Irish Acadenifi. 



Family SYLLIDAE. 

 Exogone gemmifera, Pageustecher. 



1908. Mcintosh. A Monograph of the British Annelids, vol. ii, Part i, 

 page 151. 



Dalkey Sound, 6, vi, 1885. 2 with 12 pairs of young attached to ventral 

 surfac-e. 



10 miles east of Bailey Light (S. 55:^—16, \iu, '07. Trawl, 41-52 

 fathoms). 



Malahidc Inlet. 11, xi, 'OS. Dredge, 2 fms. 



This species was obtained in large numbers at Malahide. Several females 

 were found having embrj-os in various stages of development attached to the 

 body, near the parapodia. It was e.xhibitetl to the Dublin Microscopical 

 Club, December 9th, 1908.' This species has usually been taken between 

 tide-marks ; but it evidently lives also in deeper water, as it was found in 

 Lambay Deep in 41-52 fathoms. 



Gcntral DUiribution. — Great Britain (St. Andrews, Lochmaddy, Torquay) ; 

 France; Algiers; Madeira. 



Sphaerosyllis hystrix, Clapar^e. 



1908. Mcintosh. Tom. cit., p. 156. 



Shennick's Island, Skeniea, 22, \'ii, '07. 



Malahide Inlet, 27, vii, '08 ; also 11, xi, '08. Dredge, 2 fms. 



This 6})ecies occurs plentifully in 2 fathoms at Malahide. A young 

 individual, with only 10 seta-bearing segments, was found in July. In 

 November I found a male bud with 17 segments, but without swimming 

 bristles. Only a single pair of large ventrally placed eyes were present, and 

 proboscis and anal cirri were absent. In the same haul of the dredge another 

 budding fonu was found, with sperm sacs b(^nning at the fifth setigerous 

 s^ment. 



Gmeriil i>is^rt^/um.— British Isles ; France ; North Sea ; Mediterranean; 

 Atlantic. 



Gmbea clavata (Clap.). 



1886. de Saint-Ioseph. Annalea des Sc. Nat. Zool. (7). torn, i, p. 200. 

 Malahide Inlet, 11, xi, '08. Dredge, 2 fmis. 



This species was abundant at Malahide. Behind the head, and on a level 

 with the tentacular cirri, are a pair of conspicuous ciliated grooves, which do 



' Irub Natanlist, 1909, to), zriii., p. Ai. 



