94 - ART. I. — A. IZUKA : 



Genus I^uliinjra Savigny. 



Body siib-oloiigate ; prostomium samll, with one tentacle and 

 two eyes. Peristominni indistinct, without any appendage. First 

 parapodia directed anteriorly, longer than prostomium, with 2 

 pairs of tentacular cirri. Other parapodia biramous, characterized 

 Ity the presence of a bundle of large and flat setae recurved 

 towards and covering the dorsum. 



J^alTYiyra aurifera Savigny ? 



1885. Palmyr.i amifeva Savigny ? " Challenger " Aiinel., p. öo. 



xVs I could not examine the specimen myself, the following 

 extract is made frem McIntosh's description based on a single 

 specimen dredged up by the " Challenger " at station 2 33 a (near 

 Kobe, Japan), from a depth of 50 fathoms : 



Body slightly tapering at each end ; about 12 mm. in length 

 and 4 mm. in breadth. Parapodia number 33 pairs. 



Prostomium small ; eyes two, large and black, situated on a 

 peduncle on each side. From the front of prostomium spring 

 two long palpi, which taper to fine point. 



Dorsa] surface of body slightly convex, and furnished with 

 golden coloured spines. Ventral surface iiattened and papillose. 



First parapodium is directed forward, and bears the usual 

 tentacular cirri, of which the dorsal is the longer. 



The dorsal ramus of fully developed parapodium carries 

 remarkable spinose bristles of a conspicuously golden lustre. The 

 bristle consists of a slender basal part and a larger, prominently 

 serrated distal part. Immediately under the foregoing great 

 spinose bristles are a series of fine, elongcite, hair-like bristles with 



