ANNOTATIONS. 87 



" Hastings.* Polypite (wholly) and 

 coenosarc carrot-red, Polypary transparent, 

 colourless (like water), more or less faintly 

 annulated. Branches wriggling and springing 

 from stolons entwined on stems and branches 

 of Hydrallmctnia. No gonophores. End of 

 March, '95." P. E. 



Page 119, line 12 from the bottom. 



Tubularia coronata, Abiidgaard. 



The following appears in the margin of p 119 : 



" This species appeared suddenly on the 

 Hastings shore in the latter part of 1897, and 

 was very abundant, but a storm about the end 

 of the year destroyed all the colonies. I 

 obtained some of the gonozoids which were 

 shed, in a glass vessel, without persuasion. 

 They were very inactive, not knowing whether 

 to stand on their base or on the tentacles, but 

 rather preferred the former. Alternate 

 tentacles were raised or lowered, The tentacles 

 are knobbed, (p. 120). In the Hastings 

 specimens, there appeared to be very little 



* Signifies that Mr. Ruff ord had discovered this species in 

 Hastings district. Three specimens in liquid are exhibited in 

 Hastings Museum, see also p. 48. 



