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conspicuously banded tranversely with dark red and bluish 
white. It also constructs a different kind of tube, for while 
the conchylega forms a parchment-like inner tube to which it 
firmly attaches coarse gravel, together with fragments of shells, 
flat pebbles, ete., in such a way as to form a broad, flat, heavy 
outer protection to the tube, the opalina cements to its inner 
parchment-like tube only a thin covering of mud or fine sand, 
thus forming a long, slender, round tube, resembling that of a 
Sabella. In respect to its tube it is, therefore, intermediate 
between N. conchylega and Hyalinecia tubicola Malmg., w ic 
forms a thin transparent tube, without any external protecting 
layer of foreign materials. Samythella congata V., was also 
common here, as well as Goniada maculata CErsted,* Maldane 
Sarsit Malm., and Melinna cristata Malmeren. 
From the 85-fathom locality (p) N. lat. 42° 3’, W. long. 67° 
45’, very few species were obtained in addition to those from 
fine sand, which occurred in great numbers ; + Cheetozone selosa 
almgren (?). Our specimens of the last named species are 
The fauna of the two remaining localities in 45 fathoms (q), 
N. lat. 42°, W. long. 67° 42’; and in 40 fathoms (r), N. lat. 42 
3, W. long. 67° 31’, was nearly identical with that obtained on 
the same kind of sandy and shelly bottoms at similar depths on 
the banks farther to the southwest, by Messrs. Smith and 
= r imens agree with bed by Ehlers, (Borsten: 
Warmer, p. 704, Tab. xxiv, figs. 36 to 48), having a circle of 18, short, flesh: 
Papille at the end of the proboscis, and a prehensile a within ; 
of nine pieces, viz.: a pair of large black jaws with eight fangs; a pair of smaller 
Snes with three fangs; an odd median one With three fangs; and ‘wo 
Pay Of distant, small, slender ones. ‘There are 7 to 9, V-shaped pieces in each 
; ,OWs toward the base of the proboscis. (Ersted, Jo 
an have described this speci destitute of the 
7 8. f 
+ The specimens dredged by Dr differ somewhat from oa form 
e i P ed, with a 
route point; the transverse serrated border, behind the ee Sonn 
In most other respects the is covered 
; y agree well. The tube 
Stain being loosely attached by one end. 
