SotniiKKN — The Marine Worms [Aniudidih) <if Ihihliu Ba/j. 225 



Autolytus megodon, do Saint- Joseph. 



1886. de Saint-Joseph. Tom. cit., p. 240. 



A single specimen was taken in the dredge, at Malahide Inlet, in 2 fnis. 

 of water in August, 1907. It agrees closely with the brief description 

 given by de Saint- Joseph. 



Starting just behind the head, in the median line, are two conspicuous 

 brown bands which curve outwards and run along the body just above the 

 parapodia. The proboscis is terminated by a crown of nine large teeth 

 (de Saint- Joseph says ten). The proveuticulus is three times as long as 

 broad, and has fifty-five rows of glands. The dorsal cirri are short. Behind 

 the setae there is a broad lobe. The setae are rather short and thick, and 

 the end of the shaft is conspicuously swollen and hispid. The dorsal finely 

 pointed seta is just as de Saint-Joseph figures it. This species has 

 apparently not been recorded since it was originally described. 



Geiieral Distribution. — Dinard, north of France. 



Autolytus Edwardsi, de Saint-Joseph. 



1886. de Saint-Joseph. Tom. cit., p. 237. 

 Malahide Inlet. 11, xi, '08; also o, vii, '09. Dredge, 2 fms. 

 This species is characterized by the presence of twenty-four equal 

 teeth on the proboscis. 



General Distribution. — North of France. 



Autolytus ehbiensis, de Saint-Joseph. 



1886. de Saint-Joseph. Tom. cit., p. 228. 

 Dredged off the Bailey Light, 7, ix, '07. 



This species is distinguished by the presence of thirty small equal teeth 

 at the entrance of the proboscis. 



General Distribution. — Torquay ; France. 



Autolytus longeferiens, de Saint-Joseph. 



1886. de Saint-Joseph. Tom. cit., p. 217. 



Dalkey Sound. April, 1907. Dredge, 6 fms. 



This species is characterized by the structure of the proboscis, which is 

 extremely long, and is thrown into numerous folds. It has a crown 

 of teeth, ten of which are large, and are separated from each oilier 

 by two or three smaller ones. The dorsal cirri are alternately long and 

 short. De Saint-Joseph states that in his specimens the anterior end is 



marked by three longitudinal red lines. These are absent in the Dublin 



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