PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE "PALOLO 

 WORM OF SAMOA, EUNICE 

 VIRIDIS (GRAY). 1 



Since a Monograph of Samoa would not be complete without 

 some account of the " Palolo," at Dr. Kramer's request I have 

 prepared the following summary, reserving for a subsequent 

 publication a detailed account of the " Palolo " and other 

 annelids of the coral reefs of the Pacific. In this preliminary 

 paper I can only touch upon historical matters and the often 

 written story of the "rising" and " fishing " of the "Palolo," 

 referring the reader to the publications of Collin,' 2 Friedlaen- 

 der, 8 Kramer, 4 and Ehlers. 5 



The " Palolo " has been known to naturalists for more than half 

 a century and much has been written about it in a fragmentary 

 way. It was, however, during the period of Kramer's investi- 

 gations in Samoa that its true history was brought to light, and 



Samoan Lands (Kramer, Augustin, Die Samoa Tnsdn etc. Stuttgart, E. Nagele. 

 1903, Bd. 2, pp. 399-403) and translated by him into German, is reprinted here 

 with some changes and corrections. The author has in preparation an extended 

 study of the life history, morphology and distribution of the " Palolo," and allied 



; Ban der Korat 



19, pp. 242-209. 1599. 



Ban der Korallenriffe und die Plank, 



verirUictn-Hdcn Bemerkungen. Kiel . 



pp. 237-239. 1899. 



8 Ehlers, E. Uber Palolo (Eu 



