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bergen, Greenland, Finmark, 30-60 fathoms, Torel, Lov&i, 



Sars ; Newfoundland, D'Orb. ; Hare Island, Waigat Straits, 

 and Lat. 66° 59' N., 55° 27' W., 57 fathoms, Norman 

 (' Valorous Dredgings '). 



2. E. perpusilla, n. sp. 



Char. Zoarium diminutive, constituted of irregularly 

 forked branches rising from a short stem. Stem and lower 

 part of branches cylindrical, flattened towards the ends. 

 Zocecia fusiform, elongate ; mouth looking directly up- 

 wards (horizontal) ; anterior lip tridentate, the median 

 denticle wide and expanding, the lateral pointed, conical. 

 Immediately in front of the median denticle an avicularium 

 about half the length of the zocecium, with a circular man- 

 dible which opens upwards and backwards. 



Hab. Franklin Pierce Bay, Smith Sound; 13-15 fathoms, 

 H. W. F. 



3. E. Sarsii, Smitt. (sp.) 



Syn. Escharoides Sarsii, Smitt, 1. c. 1867, pp. 24 and 158, tab. xxvi. figs. 

 147-154. 

 „ Eschara rosacea, Sars, ' N. Norsk. Polyz.' p. 3 (non Busk). 

 „ Cellepora cervicornis (var.) Sars, ' Reise Lof. Finm.' p. 28. 



Hab. Franklin Pierce Bay, Smith Sound, 13 fathoms, 

 H. W. F. ; Spitsbergen, 20-60 fathoms, Smitt ; Greenland, 

 Moller and Torel ; Finmark, 80-100 fathoms, Sars &c. ; 

 Arctic Sea, Sir E. Belcher's < Expedition ; ' in lat. 74° 0' S., 

 172° 0' E., 330 fathoms, Hooker, 'Voyage of the "Erebus" 

 and " Terror." ' ! 



Gren. 3. Hemeschara. 



1. H. sincera, Smitt. (sp.) (var. inermis). 

 Syn. Eiscopora sincera {forma Hemeschara), Smitt, 1. c. 1867, pp. 28 and 

 177, tab. xxvii. figs. 178-180. 

 „ Lepralia {Discoptorci) sincera, Hincks, 1. c. p. 102. 



Hab. Franklin Pierce Bay, Smith Sound, 13 fathoms 

 (on Cellepora cervicomis), K. W. F. ; Spitsbergen, 19-61 

 fathoms, Smitt; Finmark, Loven ; Arctic Sea? 100 fathoms, 



