BarE.—Hydroids from the New Zealand Coast. 225 
Report on some Hydroids from the New Zealand Coast, with Notes on 
New Zealand Hydroida generally, supplementing Farquhar’s List. 
Ву W. M. Bare, F.R.MS. 
Communicated by Dr. Chas. Chilton. 
[ Read ire the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, 2nd August, 1922 ; received by 
Editor, 31st December, 1922 ; issued. separately, 12th June, 1924.] 
1. INTRODUCTION. 
Тнк Hydroida dealt with in the present paper are, for the most part, 
included in a collection forwarded by Professor Chilton from the Canter- 
bury College, Christchurch, to Mr. E. A. Briggs, of the Australian 
Museum, Sydney, for examination and report.* r. Briggs commenced 
the work, but, finding that stress of official duties was likely to prolong 
it unduly, he suggested that I should undertake the task, which I have 
accordingly done. I have also included descriptions of several other 
New Zealand species hitherto imperfectly known, or not identifiable from 
the original accoun 
I have to thank Professor W. B. Benham, of the University Museum 
Dunedin, for valuable assistance in sending me portions of type specimens 
of some of Hutton's and Coughtrey's species, preserved in the Museum, 
which enable me to identity some of those species previously unrecognized. 
My thanks are also due to the Trustees of the British Museum for 
examples of some of Allman's New Zealand species, as well as for one of 
Gray's not hitherto identified since its description in 1843. This с gin 
as well as several of an's which have been wrongly associated wit 
other forms, will now, I trust, be rendered identifiable. I have specially 
to thank Captain Totton, of xs British Museum, for much trouble taken 
by him in furnishing me with information regarding the New Zealand 
species in the Museum, and forwarding specimens. 
2. LITERATURE OF THE NEW ZEALAND HYDROIDA. 
The first published list of New Zealand Hydroida was that by Dr. 
J. E. Gray, in Dieffenbach's New Zealand, 1843, in which were described 
four species collected by Dr. Sinclair and one by Sir Joseph 
new species, with a number of those previously known; in some of the 
latter, however, the identifications IT proved mistaken 
r. Millen Coughtrey, in his papers in Trans. N.Z. Inst. for 1874 and 
1875, E one in the Annals and Манан of Natural History for 1876, 
added considerably to what was already known regarding the New Zea- 
land species, and included some new ones, also furnishing, for the first 
time, issus of the forms described. Of the few Plumularians mentioned, 
* The collection has been deposited in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New 
Zealand.—C. C. 
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