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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
and tentacular cirri, lost on specimens; palps long, smooth, gently tapering to apex; proboscis 10 
times as long as head, with 13 papillae above and below 7 ; two strong, dark brown teeth above and i 
below, with lighter colored plates on either side; dorsal surface flesh color, prominently marked with j 
the white incrustation-like color found on the head. This is especially noticeable on parapodia, but j 
is continued anteriorly, more or less irregularly across the entire surface. Behind about somite 14, ! 
elytra-bearing somites are free from white pigment, while somites between (those having a dorsal 
cirrus) are marked across the entire back by this white pigment, giving the middle of the body a very 
characteristic striated appearance. 
Only a single elytron remained in either of the two specimens. This, the most anterior on the 
left side, was ovate, with outer edge rather narrow and of a dense white color; center of elytron with 
a number of white patches; rest of elytron transparent, edge entire. The elytron blends so w r ell with J 
the color of the rest of the body that it is not easy to see. 
Most dorsal cirri had been lost; those remaining were slender, conical, extending only a short dis- 
tance beyond end of parapodium. Ventral cirrus short, conical, situated about at middle of parapo- ] 
dium. Parapodium short as compared with body diameter, with apex divided into anterior and 
posterior rounded lobes (fig. 6). Setae all of one kind, simple, apex flattened and slightly bent, and 
bearing on concave surface, two rows of very delicate plates looking, under low power, like two series 
of sharp spines. Each plate has a narrow base and broader distal portion, the latter cut into minute 
teeth; whole plate curved, with concave surface next to shaft of seta (fig. 7, from side). 
Head 1 mm. in diameter; somite 2-4 mm. in diameter. One somite from the middle of the body 
measures about 6 mm. 
Collected at Honolulu Reefs. Type (no. 5201, U. S. National Museum) an incomplete specimen; 
head 1 mm. broad; somite 2-4 mm. broad; a somite from near middle of body about 6 mm. broad. 
Polynoe lucida, new species. 
Head rather broader than long, markedly iridescent (in alcohol) w'ith two pairs of eyes, anterior 
rather larger than posterior (fig. 8); lateral lobes of head prolonged into bases of attachment for 
lateral tentacles; lateral tentacle 5 or 6 times as long as head, with acute tip, and subterminal swelling; 
median tentacle with broad base, filling space between bases of lateral; like lateral in form, but longer 
and a little stouter; base of each tentacle tipped with brown, the median having the deeper color. 
Palps had been broken off; a loose one in the bottle, undoubtedly belonging to this specimen, was 
broad at base, tapering gently to an acute tip. 
Elytrophores on somites 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, etc. Only about 50 
somites present, and elytra were absent from most of these; where present they cover nearly the whole 
dorsal surface. Except for pigment patches, elytra very transparent, body wall showing clearly 
