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studies. Grateful acknowledgment is also made to the following: 

 Comdr. David C. Nutt, USNR, who represented the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution on the expedition and who was in charge of the biological 

 collection; Dr. R. S. Bassler, Dr. Fenner A. Chace, Jr., and Dr. Waldo 

 L. Schmitt, of the Smithsonian Institution, for all their efforts and 

 for the privilege of examining the collection; to Mother M. Regis 

 Manion of the College of New RocheUe for her aid with the formula- 

 tion of Latinized names of the new species and genera; to the librarians 

 of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and the College 

 of New Rochelle for their gracious and untiring help; and to Dr. 

 William Beebe of the New York Zoological Society for the loan of val- 

 uable library sources. 



The bryozoan specimens were collected by the U. S. Navy ships 

 Edisto (AG-89) and Burton Island (AG-88) between Dec. 30, 1947, 

 and Feb. 22, 1948. Commander Nutt has roughly divided the collec- 

 tion work into three phases and areas: first phase, Wilkes Land,; 

 Dec. 25, 1947, to Jan. 20, 1948; second phase, Ross Sea area, fromi 

 Jan. 26, 1948, to Feb. 6, 1948; and third phase, Peter I Island andi 

 Marguerite Bay, Feb. 15-23, 1948. The locations of these areas are^ 

 shown on plate 3. 



Collecting Stations 



No. 11: Lat. 66°38' S., long. 90° E.; about 8-12 miles from Kaiser Wilhelm II' 



coast. Bottom dredge haul 50 yds; 150 fathoms; water 29° F.; in shore ice, 



Dec. 30, 1947. Small vial of specimens. 

 No. 44: Lat. 65°25' S., long. 101° 13' E.; 100 fathoms; water 30° F.; Jan. 14, 1948. 



Pint jar of specimens. 

 No. 45: Lat. 65°25' S., long. 101°13' E; bottom dredge haul 100 fathoms; water 



30° F.; Jan. 14, 1948. Vial of specimens. 

 No. 101: Off Cape Royds, Ross Island; dredge haul; 58 fathoms; Jan. 29, 1948. 



Small jar of specimens. 

 No. 104: Off Cape Royds, Ross Island; dredge haul 58 fathoms; Jan. 29, 1948. 



This site yielded a large number and variety of species. Quart jar of speci- 

 mens. 

 No. 115: Lat. 66°31' S., long. 110°26' E., off Knox Coast; vertical tow net haul; 



100 fathoms; Jan. 19, 1948. 

 No. 115: Off Point 13, Lat. 66°31' S., long. 110°26' E.; island off Knox Coast; 



vertical tow net haul from bottom; 100 fathoms; Jan. 19, 1948. Two small 



jars of specimens. 

 No. 148: Peter I Island; 30 fathoms; water 29.16° F.; Feb. 15, 1948. Small jar. 

 No. 149: Peter I Island; bottom dredge haul "A" from 30 fathoms; water 29.6° F.; 



Feb. 15, 1948. A small rock to which were attached holdfasts and colonies 



of Bryozoa. 

 No. 161: Peter I Island; bottom dredge haul "B" from 30 fathoms; water 29.6°F.; 



Feb. 15, 1948. Small vial. 



