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Dr. W. G. HidewooJ on 



slashed with 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 oUI 

 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 nigrescens (specimen A), supposed 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 



