Chilton. — Notes on some New Zealand Crustacea. 135 



Exosphaeroma chilensis (Dana). 



Sphaeroma chilensis Dana, U.S. Expl. Exped., Crust., p. 177, pi. 52, 

 fig. 3 a-c, 1853. Exosphaeroma chilensis Chilton, Rec. Cant. 

 Mus.. vol. 1, p. 310, 1911. 



Three specimens of this species were obtained at the Chatham Islands 

 during the trawling cruise of the " Nora Niven," and are described in my 

 report of the results of that cruise. I had previously had specimens from 

 Lyttelton and Auckland, the latter collected by Mr. Suter. 



The occurrence of the species in New Zealand is noteworthy as another 

 addition to the marine species common to New Zealand and to South 

 America. 



Livoneca raynaudii Milne-Edwards. 



Livoneca raynaudii M.-Edw., Hist. Nat. Crust., vol. 3, 1840, p. 262 ; 

 Thielemann, Abhand. K. Baver. Akad. d. Wissensch., 2, Suppl. 

 Bd., 3 Abhand., p. 42, 1910 "; Chilton, Rec Cant. Mus., vol. 1, 

 p. 309, 1911. 



I have discussed the synonomy of this species, which has so long been 

 known in New Zealand under the name of L. novae-zealandiae, in the paper 

 quoted above. The species is widely distributed in southern seas, and 

 Thielemann records it also from Yokohama, adding that it is closely allied 

 to L. calif ornica Sch. & M., from the coast of California. L. epimerias 

 Richardson, from Japan, also seems to be very closely ?llied, but, accord- 

 ing to Miss Richardson, differs in the shape of the head and the epimera. 



Art. XII. — Report on Sundry Invertebrates from the Kermadec Islands. 



By Professor Benham, D.Sc, F.R.S., Otago University. 

 [Read before the Otago Institute, 3rd October, 1911.] 



Mr. Oliver was good enough to hand to me (for the purpose of identifi- 

 cation, or description if need be) representatives of various classes of 

 non-vertebra ta collected by him during his sojourn on Sunday Island. 

 Unfortunately, my time has not allowed me to touch the Oligochaeta, the 

 Polychaeta, Nemertines, or parasitic worms. In this brief report there 

 are one or two points upon which I have to express uncertainty, owing 

 to the lack of necessary literature ; but it seems desirable to present this 

 list, as I do not see any prospect of being in a better position in the 

 immediate future to deal more fnlly with them. 



Class Hydrozoa. 



Order Siphonophora. 



Physalia utriculus Eschscholtz. 



Lesson, Voy. de " Coquille," vol. 2, pt. 2, chap. 15, p. 39 ; Zoophytes 

 pi. 5, fig. 2. Haeckel, "Challenger" Reports, 28, p. 351. 



Cast ashore on Denham Bay, Sunday Island. Widely distributed in 

 the Pacific. 



