152 ART. II. — A. IZUKA : 



Epitocoits phase : 



1837. Lycoris lobnlata, Ratlike. Beiträge zur Fauna der Krym. Mé- 

 moires prés, à l'Acad. Imp. de St. Pétersbourg, T. UT, p. 415, 

 Taf. Vn, Fig. 2, 9-15. 



1851. Nereis lobata, Grubs. Familien der Anneliden, p. 50. 



1865. Heteronereis lobulata, Jolmston. Catalogue Brit. Worms, p. 161. 



1867. Hedyle lobulata, Malmgreu. Ann. Polycli., p. 58. 



1868. Nereis cultrifera, Elilers. Die Borstenwürnier, p. 462, Taf. XXI, 

 Fig. 31-36. 



Body slender, tapering posterioriy ; dorsal surface some- 

 times with dark transverse lines ; segments 70-80. Length 50- 

 65 mm. (rarely 85 mm.) ; breadth 3.5 mm. without, and 5.5 mm. 

 with, parapodia and bristles. 



Prostomium longer than broad, and as long as the two 

 following segments ; tentacles J the length of prostomium ; 

 palpi longer than tentacles, extending a little beyond tips 

 of these. First body- segment as long as the succeeding one ; 

 tentacular cirri short, the longest reaching to 5th or 6th segment. 



Parapodium uniform throughout ; lip of dorsal ramus 

 conical ; lips of ventral ramus shorter and more obtuse. Bristles 

 in part with falcate, and in part with short setose, end-piece. 

 Superior ligula longer than lip of dorsal ramus, conical and pointed ; 

 inferior ligula obtuse, not extending beyond lips of ventral ramus ; 

 dorsal cirrus on posteriorly placed parapodia arises nearer to tip 

 of ligula than that on anterior parapodia, and extends beyond 

 the ligula. Ventral cirrus scarcely reaches to half the length 

 of ventral ligula. 



Anal segment simple, long and conical, with two long anal cirri. 



Paragnathi thick, blackish in colour : I. 2 or 3 in a 

 longitudinal row ; II. in two curved rows ; IV. in multitudes ; 



