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Maiidihk's with wliito calcareous plates. Maxillae of the 

 usual tonn, their posterior appendages only \ as long as the 

 niaxilbi i)m[)ei' an<l scarcely exceeding in width the base of same. 



Habitat : — Nakano-Yodonii, in Sagami Bay, about 80 fathoms ; 

 h)agami Bay, 15o fathoms (" Albatross "). 



J^unice uiedicina Moore. 

 PI. XIV, fig. 8. 



1903. Eubice mecliciua, Moore. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pliilad., Vol. LV, 

 p. 441. 



Body consisting of 80-85 segments, measures 32-35 mm. in 

 length and 1.5 mm. in breadtli excluding parapodia. 



Prostomium slightly longer than the first segment. Eyes 2, 

 Ijrown, situated near posterior margin of prostomium, directly below 

 and in contact with Ijase of inner lateral tentacles, not concealed 

 bv anterior margin of the first segment. Tentacles relatively 

 short, very faintly annulated. The first segment about twict^ as 

 long as the second ; tentacular cirri slender, reaching posteriorly 

 to tlie middle of 4tli segment. 



The last 8 ui* 1) segments taper rapidly to the anal segment, 

 wbicli is slightly ciilargcnl. Tlie longer pair of anal cirri very 

 slender, (■(Hi;illiiig 11 last segments in length; and tlie shorter 

 |»;iir of ;iii;il ciiTJ scarcely e(jual in length to the width of anal 

 segment. 



Parapodiinn (the lOth) i-oiiglily Si^uare in form ; ventral cirrus 

 (.'onsists of ;iii ciihirgt'd b;isiii-sli;i pcd swollen basal region, tlie 

 linllnw nt" wliidi looks \('i i( i'()-l;i fcnid . and a thick, sliort, rounded 

 tci'iiiiinil |>i('('('. l)ors;il cirrus I \v ice tlie lejigtli of the parapodium, 

 \\\r l),i-iil li;iir :Ji"li(K- swulkii, (he terminal half slender. 



