﻿T. 
  W. 
  KiEK. 
  — 
  On 
  some 
  New 
  Zealand 
  Aphroclitse, 
  S9^ 
  

  

  from 
  Europe 
  contaiued 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Annelids 
  in 
  the 
  Colonial 
  

   Museum, 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  the 
  slightest 
  hesitation 
  in 
  referring 
  it 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  

   it 
  was 
  obtained, 
  together 
  with 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species, 
  amongst 
  

   a 
  mass 
  of 
  tangled 
  seaweed, 
  thrown 
  up 
  in 
  August 
  last, 
  at 
  Worser 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Lepidonotus. 
  

   Lej>idonotiis, 
  Leach 
  in 
  Aun. 
  Phil. 
  XIV., 
  205 
  (1819), 
  and 
  in 
  Sup^D. 
  Encyclop. 
  Brit. 
  I., 
  452. 
  

   Lepidonote, 
  Oersted, 
  AnnuL 
  Dan. 
  Consp. 
  12 
  ; 
  Annul. 
  Dorsibr. 
  11. 
  

   Polynoe, 
  Savigny, 
  Syst. 
  Annel. 
  20. 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  s. 
  Vert., 
  V. 
  308, 
  Aud. 
  and 
  M-Edw. 
  Litt. 
  de 
  

  

  la 
  France, 
  11., 
  74. 
  Cut. 
  Eegn. 
  Anim., 
  IIL, 
  207. 
  Johnston 
  in 
  Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  11., 
  

  

  428 
  and 
  431. 
  Williams, 
  Eep. 
  Brit. 
  Assoc. 
  1851, 
  217. 
  

   Eumolphe, 
  Blainville 
  in 
  Diet, 
  des 
  Sc. 
  Nat., 
  LVII., 
  457. 
  

  

  Body 
  oblong, 
  flattened, 
  obtuse 
  aud 
  rounded 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  composed 
  of 
  

   a 
  definite 
  number 
  of 
  segments, 
  the 
  back 
  covered 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   head 
  distinct 
  with 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  eyes 
  on 
  the 
  sinciput 
  ; 
  proboscis 
  fringed 
  with 
  

   simple 
  tentacles 
  at 
  the 
  orifice, 
  aud 
  furnished 
  with 
  two 
  jaws 
  ; 
  antenna 
  3 
  ; 
  

   palpi 
  2 
  ; 
  tentacular 
  2 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  structure, 
  and 
  

   jointed 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  scales 
  naked, 
  12 
  placed 
  over 
  every 
  alternate 
  

   segment, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  12th 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  23rd 
  ; 
  if 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  scales, 
  the 
  

   succeeding 
  are 
  on 
  every 
  third 
  segment 
  ; 
  feet 
  well 
  developed, 
  biramous, 
  but 
  

   the 
  branches 
  are 
  almost 
  connate, 
  furnished 
  with 
  two 
  fascicles 
  of 
  bristles, 
  

   the 
  superior 
  in 
  a 
  spreading 
  tuft, 
  the 
  inferior 
  in 
  a 
  flattish 
  brush, 
  a 
  spine 
  on 
  

   each 
  fascicle 
  ; 
  bristles 
  simple, 
  stout, 
  the 
  superior 
  tapered 
  to 
  a 
  serrulate 
  

   point 
  ; 
  the 
  inferior 
  with 
  a 
  claw-like 
  point, 
  and 
  flattened 
  underneath 
  on 
  one 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  shaft, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  roughened 
  with 
  spinous 
  tentacles 
  in 
  claw-set 
  

   transverse 
  series 
  ; 
  anal 
  segment 
  with 
  styles. 
  

  

  '^ 
  Lepidonotus 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  Aphrodita 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   the 
  antenna, 
  by 
  the 
  more 
  powerful 
  armature 
  of 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  body 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  scales 
  cease 
  to 
  alternate 
  with 
  the 
  cirri. 
  The 
  back 
  

   is 
  either 
  enth-ely 
  covered 
  with 
  scales, 
  or 
  naked 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  scales 
  in 
  

   the 
  latter 
  case 
  being 
  less 
  developed, 
  and 
  not 
  meeting 
  on 
  the 
  mesial 
  line." 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Lepidojioti 
  are 
  carnivorous. 
  They 
  prey 
  on 
  living 
  invertebrates, 
  

   and 
  the 
  strong 
  do 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  weak 
  of 
  then.- 
  own 
  and 
  allied 
  

   species 
  ; 
  they 
  live 
  in 
  obscurity 
  on 
  rocky 
  shores, 
  and 
  can 
  move 
  with 
  

   considerable 
  quickness. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  swim 
  easily 
  in 
  a 
  wriggling 
  manner, 
  

   but 
  they 
  hasten 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  bottom. 
  They 
  have 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  renewing 
  the 
  

   scales, 
  which 
  are 
  frequently 
  removed 
  by 
  abrasion 
  and 
  injury." 
  

  

  Lepidonotus 
  sqiiamatus. 
  y- 
  

  

  Aphrodita 
  sqiiamata, 
  Linn. 
  Syst. 
  X. 
  655 
  ; 
  XII. 
  1084. 
  

  

  Lepidonotus 
  squamatus, 
  Johnston, 
  Cat. 
  "Worms 
  B.M., 
  p. 
  109. 
  

   "Body 
  generally 
  about 
  one, 
  rarely 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  depressed, 
  linear- 
  

   oblong, 
  of 
  equal 
  breadth 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  cinereous 
  colour, 
  rough; 
  

   scales 
  twelve 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  rather 
  large, 
  ovate, 
  imbricate, 
  rough 
  with 
  brown 
  

  

  