418 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
Sternaspidae. 
34. Sternaspis fossor (?) Stirapson. 
Three specimens, apparently of this species, were collected at 
Victoria, Vancouver Island, by Prof. W. A. Herdman. The speci¬ 
mens are not sufficiently well preserved to admit of thorough and 
critical study ; but comparison of the ventral shields with those of 
a specimen of S. fossor from the Atlantic coast, and also with 
Marenzeller’s (’90) figures, makes it reasonably certain that the above 
identification is correct. Specimens from Puget Sound collected by 
the naturalists of the Northwest Boundary Commission were doubt¬ 
fully described by Stimpson (’64) as a new species, which he named 
Sternaspis afinis. 
M ALDANIDAE. 
35. Clymenella 1 rubrocincta sp. nov. PI. 13, figs. 128-133. 
Form considerably elongated, cylindrical, narrowed in region of 
third and fourth somites, gradually enlarging to maximum diam¬ 
eter in region of somites 10-12, thence narrowing to somites 15-17, 
which are the longest and slenderest of the body; the remaining 
somites (18-22) slightly thicker and progressively shorter; the 
21st the shortest of the body. 
Cephalic plate (Figs. 128, 129) oval, concave on dorsal side, 
nearly bisected longitudinally by a median ridge continued back from 
the ovate palpode ; a distinct raised margin, and well-developed 
longitudinal nuchal organs (Fig. 129, n. o.). Mouth with thick¬ 
ened corrugated lower lip and crescentic outline. 
Peristomium achaetous ; capillary setae and uncini begin on sec¬ 
ond somite (Fig. 128), the latter with scarcely perceptible tori at 
first; tori become distinct in fourth somite ; dorsal setae from wart¬ 
like papillae. 
Somites gradually increasing in length from fifth onward; fifth 
to eighth marked with a broad indian-red band back of the setae 
and uncini, accentuated by a narrower whitish band in front. 
1 Axiothea ancl Clymenella cover species too nearly alike to require generic distinc¬ 
tion. As recently pointed out by Verrill (:00, p. G57), the name Axiothea being preoc¬ 
cupied, Clymenella (sensu ext.) should cover the species formerly included under 
Axiothea. 
