20 W. A. IIKIIDMAN. 



Tlic Iwu ^^alheriiigs (if ^^eueral ri.iiiktoii .iic m. mucli alike tliat tlicy may \tv 

 taken togethor. The kK-alitios arc : — 



(1) " 19. X. 01 ; Uit. 40^ 12.]' S. ; Long. 32 27^' E." 



(2) "22. x. 01 ; Lat. 45" S. ; Long. 40" 57' E. ; 8 p.m. ; surf, temp. 40"." 



Tlipy lioth cnntaiii the following species of SalpiiW (none of them in good 

 i-ondition) : — 



SalI'A ki .m inaia-ki siKoKMis, C'liamisso-('u\ jer, var. kciunata, linlm. 



The .solitary form of the strongly cdiinateil variety of S. fusifdrmis was (les(rilie<l 

 liy Ilenlman from the 'Challenger' Collection as a distinct species, S(it/»t iv/iinu/d. it 

 i.s, however, perhaps better, in the light of further knowledge, to regard it as a varietv 

 merely. It was ohtained l»y the ' Challenger ' Expedition in tlie South Pacitie, near 

 the Straits of .Magellan, and off tiie West Coast of Africa, and l>y Prof. Hitter* ofl* 

 the Californian coast. It has also been de.scribed l»y Dr. Apsteinf from .specimens in 

 the Hamburg Mu.scum. The present specimens measure 3 cm. in length. 



Sai.I'A mixkonata-i»k.\u>( katka, Forsk.— Solitary Form. 



A largo luiniber of specimens with tlagella measuring up to (> nun. in length — 

 average lengtli of ])ody, 1 cm. Also a few specimens with mudi larger tlagcUa up to 

 1 ;'. mm. long. 



Salpa mucroxata-hk.mouratica, Forsk.— Gregarious Form. 

 • Many specimens, measuring about 1 cm. in length. 



Salpa hkxaoona, Quoy ami (iaim.— Solitary Form. 



Some imjicrfcct spe<imens, with very broad muscle bauds, probablv belong to 

 this s|»ecies. 



Sai.I'A iikxa<;ona, (^Mioy and '(laim. - Gregarious Form. 

 A lew sjK'cimens apparently of this form, with two embrvos each.- 



Piussing now to the Collection in 4H tubes, we have: — 



Salpa runcinata-ki sikoumis, Cliami.s.so Cuvicr. 



From the locality "1. i. 02; Lat. (i.r A},' S. ; Long. 175" 4:i' E.," there are 

 two large specimens of the gregarious form, measuring about o'l em. in length, and 



The PelaRio Tunicatn of the San Diego region, excepting tiic Larvacea. Univ. of ( al. PuMic. Zool., 

 \o\. ii. (lao.'i), i>. fi". 



t Kir Sulpen, Deutsche Sildpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, I?orlin, Hd. ix., Zool. 1 (p. 16.^.). 



