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Dr. W. G. Ridewood on 



slashed witli a knife in various directions. Scarcely any 

 zooids remain in the tubes, and such as can be found are in 

 a very bad state of preservation. 



The bottles containing specimens A and B bear very old 

 brown labels. That on A is illegible, but a second and more 

 recent label affixed to the bottle bears the words " label 

 illegible — probably Antarctic Exp. — 98. 7. 26, R. K.," 

 meaning that Mr. R. Kirkpatrick, when working at the 



Cephalodiscus nicfrescens (specimen A), suppnsecl to have been dredged in 

 1841 or 1842 on the ' Erebus' and ' Terror' Expedition. Nat. size. 



collection on July 26th, 1898, came to the conclusion that 

 the material was part of the collection obtained by Ross on 

 his Antarctic Expedition in 1839-43. 



The label on bottle B bears the words " Antarctic Sea, 

 Antarctic Exp.," in the original handwriting, but the rest of 

 the label is illegible. It is interesting, however, to note 

 that in size and colour and the character of the handwriting; 



