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REPORT ON THK PKNNATrLinA. 



4. Newcastle-oii-Tyne. In the Museum of the Natural History 

 Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newoastle-on-Tyne, there 

 are two specimens of Funiculi na, 53 and 42ins. lonj^ respectively, 

 which were obtained by Joshua Alder from Loch Torridon in Ross- 

 shire, a locality not far from Raasay Sound, where Sir W. Thomson 

 obtained his specimens. The 5Hins. specimen, which is equal in 

 length to the largest living specimen recorded from any locality, is 

 divided into three portions, and the smaller one is doubled in the 

 middle, presumably for convenience of preserving in spirit. 



With the exception of the Birmingham specimens the above are, 

 we believe, all the examples of the genus in this country. 



B. — Continent : 



1. Paris : Jardin des Plantes. A specimen, 52ins. long, from the 

 Kattegat. 



2. Copenhagen. A very fine specimen, 53 ins. long, from the 

 Kattegat. 



3. Hamburg. Johanneum. Dead stem, 89 ins. long, obtained 

 by Herr Schilling in 350 fathoms of water, near Glaesvae, in the 

 Bergen Fiord. By far the largest specimen yet discovered. 



4. Wiirzburg. A number of specimens collected by KoUiker while 

 preparing his monograph. The largest of these, 50 ins. long, is from 

 the Adriatic. 



The following table shows the actual dimensions, in inches, of the 

 large Oban specimen, and of the largest specimens recorded from other 

 localities, together with the museums in which they are preserved : — 



