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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 
  suh-triangular 
  pink 
  or 
  

   purphsh 
  corneous 
  plate, 
  furnished 
  with 
  four 
  small 
  eyes 
  ; 
  antennae 
  three, 
  

   the 
  central 
  one 
  largest, 
  bulbous 
  near 
  the 
  point 
  ; 
  palpi 
  two, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  swollen 
  hear 
  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 
  paks 
  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 
  

   ch-rus, 
  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, 
  

   B.M., 
  p. 
  107.) 
  

  

  Two 
  very 
  fine 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  obtained 
  at 
  Worser 
  Bay 
  in 
  

   August 
  last. 
  

  

  Lepidonotus 
  (jiganteuSy 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Body 
  elliptical, 
  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 
  pau's 
  of 
  feet, 
  sub-bifid, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  branch 
  

   much 
  the 
  smaller, 
  and 
  carryings 
  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^\ 
  inches. 
  

  

  Hab: 
  Wellington. 
  

  

  