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and contracted waist give the impression of a >)udding of the upper lialf of the specimen 

 from the lower. 



The colour is pale brown in spirit, and is due apparently to the abundance of 

 masses of cellules spheruleuses ; the specimens descrilied by Topsent are grayish or 



whitish. 



The ' Discovery ' specimens have, in parts, a hispid rather than a conulose surface, 

 the spicules standing above the level dci-mal )ii('nil)rane like sticks out of water ; l)ut 

 in other places the surface is finely conulose. The oxcas arc (;42 X 18 m, those of the 

 'Bclo-ica' ])ciii<T'(530 x 18-20 /i.. By deep staining of a portion of macerated skeletal 

 network a small amount of spongiu becomes disceniible at the nodes. The flagellated 

 chambers, 55 x iO jx, though rather large, are smaller than those of Topsent's specimens, 

 in which they are of unusual size, vi;^. 70 x 50 /x. The second specimen is merely a 

 shapeless fragment. 



Dredged near Winter Quarters, off Hut Point, 25 fms. ; Ncj. 12 hole, 25-30 fms. 

 The ' Beloica " Expedition obtained several small specimens from 450 metres, in 

 Lat. 71° 19' S., Long. 87° 37' W. 



