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1875. 

 1879. 



1883. 

 1884. 



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 1888. 



1891. 

 1894. 

 1896. 

 1897. 

 1898. 

 1899. 

 1904. 

 1909. 

 1911. 

 1912. 



1914. 

 1915. 



1917. 



Amphitrite figulus, Mcintosh. Invert, and Fishes St. Andrews, p. 129. 

 Johnstoni, Tauber. Annul. Danica, p. 130. 



„ Levinsen. Vidensk. Meddel., p. 175. 

 brunnea, Marenzeller. Sitzb. Akad. wiss. Wien., Bd. lxxxix, p. 24. 



„ Webster and Benedict. Eep. Com. F. and F. U.S.A., p. 732. 

 Johnstoni, Cunningham and Ramage. Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xxxiii, p. 661, 



pi. xliii, fig. 23. 

 figulus, Hornell. Trans. Biol. Soc. Liverp., vol. v, p. 257. 

 Johnstoni, Bidenkap. Christ. Vid.-selsk. Forhandl., p. 127. 



„ Orlandi. Atti del Soc. Ligustica di Sc. nat. e geogr., t. vii, p. 157. 



,, Michaelsen. Polych. deutsch. Meere., p. 168. 



„ De St. Joseph. Ann. Sc. nat., 8 e ser., v, p. 42] . 



brunnea, Ssolowiew. Ann. Mus. St. Petersb., t. iv, p. 202, Tab. xii and xiii, fig. 12. 

 Johnstoni, Journ. M. B. A., vol. vii, p. 239. 



„ Fauvel. Ann. Sc. nat., 9 e ser., t. x, p. 209. 



„ Biddell. Proc. Liverp. Biol. Assoc, vol. xxv, p. 63. 



Wollebaak. Skrift. Selsk. Krist., Bd. ii, No. 18, p. 103, pi. xxxvi, 

 figs. 1 — 3, pi. xxxviii, fig. 2. 

 Stimpsoni, Meyer. Inaug. Dissert. Kiel, p. 34. 



Johnstoni, Southern. Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., vol. xxxi, No. 47, p. 122. 

 figulus, Mcintosh. Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. xv, p. 6. 

 Johnstoni, Southern. Irish Sc. Invest., No. 3, p. 46. 

 Neo amphitrite figulus, Hessle. Zool. Bidr. Uppsala, Bd. v, p. 182. 



Habitat. — Not uncommon in various parts of the British shores, as at Berwick 

 Bay (Johnston) ; from tangle-roots, and also from deeper water outside the bay ; under 

 stones on sand near low water, St. Andrews, and in debris of the fishing boats from deeper 

 water (B. and R. M.) ; in sandy creeks at Lochmaddy (W. C. M.) ; off Inverary (J. Gr. J.) ; 

 Joppa (Cunningham and Ramage) ; Isles of Arran (E. P. Wright) ; " Porcupine " Expedi- 

 tion of 1869 in 165 fathoms in muddy sancl; Blacksod Bay and other parts on the West 

 Coast of Ireland, usually in wide deep tunnels in Zostera-beds, lining the tunnel with mud 

 (Southern). 



Elsewhere it is found in Sweden, Norway and Finmark (Malmgren, Malm, 

 Wollebaek) ; Canada (coll. Dr. Whiteaves) ; Mediterranean (Orlandi, etc.) ; New England, 

 U.S.A. (Verrill) ; White Sea (Ssolowiew) ; North Sea (Pryde) 1 ; St. Vaast-la-Hougue 

 (Fauvel). 



The cephalic region differs from that of A. cirrata in the great development of the 

 fold in front of the tentacles, and which forms an arch over the mouth. At its outer 

 edges it bends backward to become continuous with the broad, dark, brownish fold behind 

 the tentacles, which, however, in this form is limited in extent, for the median portion is 

 narrow. This structure of the posterior fold is characteristic. The mass of grooved and 

 frilled tentacles springs from the hollow between these arches, and forms a centre of very 

 active functions during the life of the animal, their colour then being pale orange or pink. 

 The projecting dorsal portion of the arch or lip is dark brown inferiorly. Many cells and 

 granules occur in the interior of the tentacles. Below the dorsal arch is the mouth, and 



1 This talented young zoologist fell in the last battle with the Germans in East Africa — as he 

 led the King's African Rifles. 



