2964 CABLE HAULS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES.—HONEYMAN. 
the British Columbia specimens in the balticina finmarchica 
of Koren and Danielssen, and its axis. 
Our Balticina is certainly identical. The general aspect is the 
same, and so is the axis. The latter is exposed at the club- 
shaped end, and at the upper extremity it is bare, a length of 
one and sia-tenths of an inch. The arrangement of polyp cells 
is the same—a farther length of five inches. They are confused 
and irregular, being injured—a length of sew inches. They are 
then regular, but small—a farther length of five and sia-tenths 
of an inch. This reaches to about sia inches from the lower 
extremity. The spicules of one of the largest cells are long and 
short, fusiform, with longitudinal corrugations and colourless, 
The whole length is 24.2 inches. It must have been very promin- 
ent on the cable. 
It is to be regretted that so small a portion of the organic 
material of the cable has been preserved. It was in great quan- 
tity. The rest was thrown overboard, 
ANNULOIDA. 
Of the Sub-kingdom IV we have also interesting representa- 
tions. First—Crinoidea. Comatula, or Antedon. This is on 
Cable I. We have not found any on Cable II. We have one, 
however, which might be regarded as an equivalent. Sir C. 
Wyville Thomson presented to the Museum the specimens of a 
Comatula which he dredged on LaHave Banks; not far from 
the cable, and at a depth of 75 fathoms. We do not know the 
name given to it by the “Challenger Reporter.” It is possibly 
Antedon Eschrichtii. We have three specimens of our Cable 
Antedon. They were found entangled among the Campanularia 
and are very much broken. We seem to have all the fragments, 
so as to be able to form a pretty correct idea of its character and 
appearance. We compare it with the larger species. The girth 
of the folded arms of the larger near the body is 30m.m. Of 
the smaller 8 m. m. The dorsal ci772 of both are perfect, gen- 
erally, and are evidently characteristic. Those of our tiny Cable 
Antedon can only be properly examined by the one and a half 
inch objective of our microscope. They are pearly, translucent, 
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