82 NATURAL HISTORY OF KERGUELEN ISLAND. 



Nat. Mu8. No. 



Hippocampus, sp. Port Chalmers, New Zealand. Of very uii 

 usual size. 



Anguilla auelclandii, Eichardson, from Blulf Harbor, New Zea- 

 land. An enormous eel. 



In the subkiugdom Mollusca, Dr. Kersbner's collection is pecu- 

 liarly rich, including large series of shells from New Zealand, 

 Tasmania, the Auckland and Chatham Islands, besides a very 

 handsome Cephalopod [Ommastrephes], preserved in alcohol. 

 The shells are now undergoing examination by Mr. W. H. Dall. 



The botanical collections, also very large, include specimens of 

 the "Ake-aka," an aromatic wood from Chatham Island, and 

 of the seeds of the "Kapu kapuka" or Chatham lily [Myoso- 

 tidium nobile, Hooker), a flower greatly prized for its beauty. 

 The lily grows only on the verge of the sea-beach, in shady 

 places, in a soil composed of rich mold mixed with sand. If 

 cultivated in gardens it should be watered with salt-water. 

 Besides these are series of ferns from all the localities visited, 

 and a considerable collection of tlowering-plants from the 

 Auckland Islands. The plants have been sent to Cambridge for 

 identification; the woods are at the Agricultural Department, 

 Washington. 



The collection of plants from the Auckland Islands was taken 

 from the neighborhood of the German transit- station at that 

 place, the same locality occupied by Sir James Clarke Eoss 

 .when at the Aucklands in 1841, in the Erebus and Terror. 



The Crustacea, which have been identified by Prof. S. I. Smith, 

 are found to be as follows: 



2209 Heterograpsus sexdentatus, Edw. 

 Petrolisthes elongatus, Stimp. 



2210 Livoneca, near emarginata, Bleeker. An isopod parasitic upon 



fish. 

 The following note upon some interesting hydroids found in Dr. Kersb- 

 ner's collection is given as received from the writer, Mr. S. F. Clark, of 

 Tale College : 



HYDEOIDEA. 



"Among the invertebrates sent to New Haven, for identification, by 

 Dr. Kidder, is a fine specimen of a pedunculated ascidian, belonging to 

 the genus Boltenia. This same genus is represented on the New Eng- 



