INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 585 



shorter than the head. Eyes large^ brown. Tentacular cirri moder- 

 ately long; the four i)osterior ones considerably longer than the others. 

 Branchiie narrow lanceolate anteriorly; ovate and leaf-like on the middle 

 segments ; longer and lanceolate posteriorly. Proboscis long, more or 

 less clavate, smooth, but often showing longitudinal striations, and 

 sometimes with a few very minute scattered papillae toward the end ; 

 the orifice surrounded by a circle of numerous minute papillre. Color 

 bright yellowish green (epidote-green or pistachio- green), often with 

 obscure darker markings posteriorly, and at the base of the append- 

 ages. Length up to 40™°^ ; breadth, 1.5"^°^.. 



Vineyard Sound, 6 to 12 fathoms, among compound ascidians ; off ]S"ew 

 Haven, 4 to 5 fathoms, among hydroids. 



EuLALiA GRANULOSA Yerrill, sp. nov. 



Body not very slender, considerably stouter than in the preceding 

 species, and less tapering anteriorly. Head short cordate, decidedly 

 emarginate behind, broader than long; sides prominently rounded; 

 front small, rounded. Antenre short; odd one slender, originating 

 between the eyes, more than half the length of the head. Eyes large, 

 round, convex, dark brown. Proboscis long, clavate, thickly covered 

 throughout with round, scarcely prominent, crowded, rather large 

 granules, each of which has a dark central spot ; orifice surrounded by 

 a circle of small papillie. Tentacular cirri slender, acute, the two poste- 

 rior pairs long, reaching the eighth segment. Lateral appendages 

 large and prominent for the genus. Branchiae of upper ramus rather 

 large, ovate, leaf-like anteriorly; larger and obliquely ovate, with 

 acuminate tips, farther back ; branchise of lower ramus similar in form 

 and nearly as large. Color bright grass-green. Length 55°^°^, or more ; 

 breadth, 2°^°^; length of proboscis, 6^^^. 



Oft' New Haven, 4 to 5 fathoms, among hydroids. 



EULALIA ANNULATA Vcrrill, Sp. UOV. 



Body moderately slender, convex, tapering to both ends. Head 

 longer than broad, somewhat oblong, truncate behind, the sides but 

 little convex, narrowing but little to the obtusely rounded front. Pro- 

 boscis covered with small prominent iDapillie. Eyes two, large, dark 

 brown or blackish, rather near together. Odd median antenna slender, 

 more than half as long as the head, placed far in advance of the eyes; 

 frontal antennae rather large, about the same in length, but much 

 stouter than the median one, with slender tips. Tentacular cirri very 

 unequal, the two upper pairs much longer than the others, not very 

 slender, reaching to the seventh or eighth segment in preserved speci- 

 mens; the two lower imirs not more than one-third as long. Dorsal 

 branchiae narrow and acute throughout ; the anterior ones are narrow 

 lanceolate, with subacute tips; those farther back become still more 

 elongated, narrow lanceolate, or almost linear lanceolate, with acuminate 



