110 Thirty-second Report on the State Museum. 



Body colorless ; stomach white ; intestine colorless ; eyes very dark reddish- 

 brown. 



The sexual setse begin on the ninth setigerous segment. All the males had 

 lost the posterior part of the body, but on one specimen the capillary (sexual) 

 setie existed on nineteen segments. The eggs and young in different stages of 

 development agree very closely with those described by Claparede as belonging 

 to Syllis pulligera Krohn (Syllides pulligera Clpd.), Gflanures, etc., p. 81, 

 pi. vi, fig. 6. 



Not common ; ten to fifteen feet, on shelly bottom.* 



P^DOPHYLAX Claparede. 

 Ann&. Ch€t. du Golfe de Naples, p. 520. 1868. 



P^dophylax dispar Webster. 

 Annel. Chaet. of the Virginian Coast, p. 230, pi. iv, fig. 49 ; pi. v, figs. 50-55. 1879. 



Male. 

 Capillary setse begin on the eleventh setigerous segment, and are found on all 

 following segments except the last 2-4. They are delicate, longer than the 

 width of the body, including the feet. 



The body from the eleventh, or sometimes from the sixth, segment, is pure 

 white and much swollen. 



Female. 



Capillary setae as in the males, only a little shorter. 



Eggs attached to the ventral surface by a peduncle, two to each segment ; at 

 first spherical, then becoming elongated ; purple with many black specks. 



The constriction dividing the head from the body appears first ; at this time 

 the eyes are apparent, the antennae are mere buds, equal in length, the palpi are 

 not united along their outer two-thirds. 



The young, when detached from the body of the mother, have a well-formed 

 head with appendages, buccal segment with tentacular cirri, five setigerous seg- 

 ments with feet and cirri, and anal segment with anal cirri which are relatively 

 longer than in the adult; otherwise they do not differ from the adult except, of 

 course, in size and number of segments. 



Common on shelly bottom, 10-15 feet. 



AUTOLYTUS. (Grube) Marenzeller. 



Marbnzeller. Zur Kentniss der Adriatischen Annelid en, etc., Zweiter Beitrag, 

 p. 37. 1875. 



Autolytus hesperidum Claparede. 

 Claparede. Annel. Chet. du Golfe de Naples, p. 520, pi. xiv, fig. 1. 1868. 

 Webster. Annel. Chaet. of the Virginian Coast, p. 225. 1879. 



Male. 



No adult males were found, but in one specimen, though not detached, the 

 following modifications of structure had occurred : , 



Head slightly convex in front ; eyes very large, but not quite in contact ; 

 lateral antennae arising from the front margin of the head, just before the 



*' Since writing the above I have had further opportunity of studying this species. I am now 

 satisfied that our specimens belong to Grubea dolichopoda Marenzeller. Langerhaus, how- 

 ever, identifies this with Grubea clavata Clpd. (Zeitschrift far Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, p. 564 . 

 1S79.) 



