224 ON A BHAWANIA-SPECIMEN. 



b. Buccal segment with 2 tentacular cirri on each 

 side. Paleae in a transverse row. 

 Paleanotus Schmarda. 



Pal. chrysolepis Schra Cape of Good Hope. 



B. Body elongated, with numerous segments. Parapodia 

 biramous. Paleae in a transverse row. 

 Bhawania Schmarda. 



Bhaw. myrialepis Schm Ceylon, Trincomali. 



Bhaw. sp Bay of Batavia. 



Perhaps the genus Dysponetus of Levinsen (Vidensk. 

 Meddel. f. d. naturh. Forening i Kj0benhavn, 1879), as 

 suggested by Racovitza, is nearly allied to this family. 



Leyden Museum, 21 January 1909. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



Fig. I. A parapodium of the middle of the body. X HO diara. 



« 2. A palea seen from the upperside. X 330 diam. 



* 3. An other palea seen from the underside. X 230 diara. 



» 4. A spatulatc dorsal bristle. X 330 diara. 



» 5. A ventral falcate bristle. X 330 diara. 



h 6. A ventral setose bristle. X 600 diam. 



.Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX.. 



