EKKANTIATE POLYCHAEïA OF JAPAN. 



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1 8th parapodiiim the bristles of the dorsal bundle 

 become stouter and deeper in colour. From 

 24th or 25th parapodium backwards, there exists 

 a single stout acicula to each parapodium. 



The colour of body is an iridescent pur- 

 plish-brown ; with dark-brown spots on dorsum, 

 distributed on each segment in a narrow incom- 

 plete zone, spreading from parapodium base to- 

 wards the median lino. 



Habitat :—Suruga Bay, 173-260 fathoms 

 (" Albatross "). 



Genus Kotocivvus Schmarda. 



Prostomium without appendages, with entire 

 margin. Parapodium with knob-like dorsal and 

 ventral cirri ; simple bristles with sparsely toothed 

 blade. Upper jaw-holder long ; jaws in 4 pairs. 

 Acicula and bristle J^^^vs of tlic fu'st pair similar ill foriu, toothed, 

 from the ventral group ^yithout terminal faui^ ; and those of the second 



of aiwsteriorsegment of *" 



Lamnda rcHmsla. 130/1. pair UllCqual. 

 [After J. P. Moore.] 



Notocirvus r^onata Moore. 



1903. NotociiTus zou;it;i, Moore. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Pliilad., A^ol. LV, 

 p. 44."), n. XXVI, figs, m, 67. 



In the absence of specimens of this species within reach of 

 me, the following extract is made from Moore's description, which 

 is based on a piece of the posterior end of the animal, containing 

 about 120 segments. It measured G 5 mm. in length, and 3 mm. 

 in breadth including parapodia but not the bristles. 



