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and A. antarctica and A. pateriformis may, when better material is available, be found 

 to be synonymous. 



9. Amastigia pateriformis (Busk). 



Menipea pateriformis Busk, 1884, p. 22, pi. v, fig. 4, 4 a. 

 Amastigia pateriformis Harmer, 1923, p. 339. 



Station distribution. Not represented in the Discovery collections. 

 Geographical distribution. Off Valparaiso, 3953 m. (Busk). 



This species is discussed under Amastigia antarctica with which it may be syno- 

 nymous. 



•5 mm 



Fig. 5. A. Amastigia antarctica (Kluge). National Antarctic Expedition, McMurdo Sound. In the lower 

 ovicell the membranous ectooecium, continuous with the frontal membrane of the distal zooecium, is 

 intact; in the upper it is almost completely destroyed. Edge of cryptocyst indicated by dotted line. 

 B. Menipea zelandica sp.n. St. 935, New Zealand. 

 Both figures drawn from dry specimens seen by reflected light, av . avicularium (broken), c. cryptocyst. 



10. Amastigia solida (Kluge). Fig. 4 A, B. 



Scrupocellaria solida Kluge, 1914, p. 611, pi. xxvii, figs. 7, 8. 

 Amastigia solida Harmer, 1923, p. 338. 

 Station distribution. Not represented in the Discovery collections. 

 Geographical distribution. Wilhelm II Land (Kluge) ; Oates Land (Terra Nova). 

 This species is represented by a few fragments only, but they are quite unmistakable. 

 The spines are attached at the base of the rim of the opesia as shown by Kluge. Ovicells 

 (Fig. 4 A), which were not present on Kluge 's material, are to be seen here. The struc- 

 ture in Kluge's fig. 8 which might be mistaken for an ovicell is the projecting rim of the 



