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NORTH-AMERICAN ECHIURIDS. 



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Anal glands 9 cm. long, simple, very thin walled, and with- 

 out visible funnels. Intestine filled with the powdered shells of 

 small lamellibranchs. 



The chief interest in this specimen centers in the new local- 

 ity. It has been reported hitherto only from the Red Sea, the 

 Isle of Bourbon, the Malay Peninsula, and New Guinea, about 

 as far distant as possible from the Bahamas. But it evidently 

 belongs to the West Indian fauna and adds one more to the 

 Atlantic species of this genus. Again, this is one of the spe- 

 cies in which the number of muscle bands has been given as 

 invariable and fourteen in number. The occurrence of sixteen 

 bands in the present specimen shows that, like most of the 

 other species, the number varies within narrow limits. The 

 position of the anterior nephridia in front of the anal setae, as 

 in T. catidex Lampert, is also worthy of note. 



State Normal School, 

 Westfield, Mass., 

 March 8, 1 900. 



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