REPOET ON THE ANNELIDA. 
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tip beyond tbe fork, and very conspicuous grains toward the end of the longer limb. 
The third type (PL IIa. fig. 2) has the usual serrations on the edge of the long limb, and 
each is tinted deep yellow from a little below the dilatation of the fork to the tip. The 
figure represents an intermediate form, some being longer, and with more distinctly- 
marked serrations. 
The ventral bristles in structure resemble PI. IIa. fig. 1, some having the tips deep 
yeUow, others being pale or very slightly tinted. As a rule the long limb of the fork is 
somewhat more slender than in the case of the dorsal, and posteriorly this feature is 
much more developed. The granular (shagreen) aspect of the tips is also present in the 
ventral bristles, an average example of wliich is shown in PI. Ia. fig. 15, from one of the 
anterior feet. 
The dorsal cirri spring from the usual position at the posterior border of the dorsal 
bristle-papilla, and are slender, the tip being very 'finely and gradually attenuated. 
The base and tip are somewhat pale, the rest deep purplish-brown. The ventral cirrus 
tapers from base to apex, is pale and much shorter than the dorsal. The caudal styles 
are absent. A little granular matter and sand only were present in the stomach, and it is 
curious that both this and the previous species should have the intestinal tract so empty. 
Kinberg ^ mentions two species from the east besides Chloeia jlava, 
viz., Chloeia heiigalensis and Chloeia malaica, but as no description or figure is given, it 
is impossible to identify them. Accordingly it has been deemed prudent to give the 
present form a new name. It will readily be distinguished when descriptions of the two 
first-mentioned are published. The Chloeia loarva of Dr. Baird resembles this form in 
the outline of the body, but differs in other respects. Its locality is unknown. The 
Chloeia niacleayi of Mr. Haswell, from Australia, differs in the structure of the bristles 
(so far as description goes) and in coloration. Prof. Grube’s Chloeia ceylonica, likewise 
appears to have a dark body. 
Chloenea, Kinberg. 
Chloenea atlantica, n. sp. (PI. I. fig. 4; PL Ia. figs. 10-13). 
Haloitat. — Dredged at Station 3 (south of the Canaries) 18th February 1873, lat. 
25° 45' N., long. 20° 14' W., in a depth of 1525 fathoms; bottom temperature 37°'0, 
surface 68° '0 ; hard ground. Two specimens were found adhering to the remarkable 
sponge Poliopogon amadou, Wyv. Thoms., which grew upon the calcareous axis of a dead 
Corallium, coated with peroxide of manganese. 
The body (measuring 1 2 mm. in length and 5 mm. in breadth) is short and somewhat 
ovoid, wide at its anterior third but tapering posteriorly, and composed of about 
^ Op. cit, p. 86. 
