26 RKPORT ON THP: pr-^XNATULIDA. 



A. — Great Britain : 



1. London: British Museum. The specimens iu the British Museum 

 are the following :* — 



a. Seven specimens in spirit, lahelled Funiculina Forbesii, 



Scotland, varying in length from 18ins. to 37ins. 



b. One specimen dried and mounted on a card, -ilins. long, from 



Sweden. 



c. Two very fine specimens from Sweden, received in exchange 



from the museum at Stockholm, 46ins. long. These specimens 

 agree iii their proportions very closely with the large Oban 

 specimen, differing only in their gi'eater size, and the 

 consequent greater number and closer crowding of the 

 polypes. 

 Other specimens in the British Museum labelled Funiculina do 

 not really belong to that genus, as defined by Kolliker. 



2. Edinburgh. In the Natural History Museum there are no 

 specimens of Funiculi7ui ; but among the stores of the •' Porcupine "f are 

 eighteen specimens obtained by Sir W. Thomson, and varying in length 

 from Sins, to i3'2ins. 



3. Glasgow. In the University Museum there is one specimen of 

 Funiculina in fragments ; no locality marked. 



i. Newcastle-on-Tyne. In the Museum of the Natural History 

 Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newoastle-on-Tyne, there 

 are two specimens of Funiculina, -53 and 42ins. long respectively, 

 which were obtained by Joshua Alder fi-om Loch Torridon in Ross- 

 shire, a locality not far from Raasay Sound, where Sir W. Thomson 

 obtained his specimens. The 53ins. specimen, which is equal iu 

 length to the largest living specimen recorded from any locality, is 

 divided into three portions, and the smaller one is doubled in the 

 middle, presumably for convenience of pi'eserviug in spirit. 



With the exception of the Birmingham specimens the above are, 

 we believe, all the examples of the genus in this country. 



B. — Continent : 



1. Paris : Jardin des Plantes. A specimen, ■')2ins. long, from the 

 Kattegat. 



2. Copenhagen. A very fine specimen, ,')3ins. long, from the 

 Kattegat. 



3. Hamburg : Johanueum. Dead stem, 89ins. long, obtained 

 by HeiT Schilling in 350 fathoms of water, near Glassvae. in the 

 Bergen Fiord. By far the largest specimen yet discovered. 



4. Wiirzburg. A number of specimens collected by Kolliker while 

 preparing his monograph. The largest of these, 50 ins. long, is from 

 the Adriatic. 



* We desire to acknowledge the courtesy of Dr. Giinther, and of Mr. Kidley, 

 of the British Museum, in giving us free access to all the specimens in the 

 Museum, aud in affording us valuable aid in examining them. 



+ We are indebte:! to Prof. Hcrlman. of University CoIle=:e, Liverpool, for 

 the details we give conceruiug these specimens. 



