ANNELIDA CRETOPODA OF NEW JERSEY. 



By H. E. WEBSTER. 



The Annelida catalogued and described in the following pages, were collected 

 in June and the first half of July, 1878, by the writer and a number of students 

 from Union College, forming the usual summer zoological party, or " Natural 

 History School," sent out by the college. The locality was Great Egg Harbor, 

 N. J., our residence and point of departure being Beesley's Point. The harbor 

 is quite shallow, with a narrow channel carrying from ten to fifteen feet of water. 

 Outside of the channel at low water, there is from one to three feet of water, and 

 the bottom is covered for the most part with a dense growth of grass and sea- 

 weed. As usual, by far the greater number of species were obtained with the 

 spade, between tides. In collecting and taking care of the annelids, I was very 

 much aided by Mr. James E. Benedict. Mr. Benedict had general charge of 

 the shore work, giving especial attention to the birds, but managed to find time 

 for much good work on the annelids. Mr. C. M Culver, relieved me of much 

 care and responsibility by taking general supervision of the marine invertebrate 

 collecting and collections ; while Mr. H. H. Dey Ermand, although acting as 

 Mr. Benedict's assistant in shore work, did good service in marine collecting, 

 from time to time. We were very fortunate in our boatman, Mr. Aaron Clark, 

 of Beesley's Point, and I can heartily recommend him to hunting, fishing and 

 collecting parties. During this winter (1878-79), we have received from him a 

 fine lot of birds in good condition for mounting. I mention this fact, because, 

 in common with others, I have found it very difficult to find men competent to 

 collect and care for birds or other natural history objects, except under direct 

 supervision. 



The results of the work on the chsetopod annelids may be summarized as 

 follows : 



Number of Families represented 23 



Genera 50 



Species 57 



It was found necessary to establish two new genera Streblospio and Par- 

 axiothea ; of the species fourteen are believed to be new ; one genus, G-rubea, 

 has not previously been reported from our coast, although the species is probably 

 not new. The specimens upon which the work is based are in the Museum of 

 Union College, and a nearly complete series has also been deposited in the New 

 York State Museum of Natural History. 



Fam. POLYNOID^E. 



LEPIDONOTUS {Leach) Kinberg. 

 Fregatten Eugenies Resa ; Zoloogi, ii, Annulata, p. 13. 



Lepidonotus squamatus Knbg. 



Aphrodita squamata Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. x, p. 655. 1758. 

 Polynoe squamata Savigny. Syst. des Ann., p. 22. 1820. 



