453 



Swedish arctic expedition 1883; Fristedt i.e.); at Nortti-Shannon 

 (Die zweite deutsciie Nordpoiarfahrt; Schmidt 1. c). 



Fam. Suberitidae. 

 Prosiibei'ites Tops. 

 P. sp. 

 We have two specimens of a not yet determined species 

 of this genus. 



At Angmagsalik, depth 140 fathoms (The Amdrup-expedi- 

 tion 1900). 



Ficiilina Gray. 



F. ficus L. 



1767. Alcyonium ficus Linné, Systema Natura. Ed. XII, 1295. 



1867. FicuUna ficus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, 523. 



1887. Suberites montalbidus, Fristedt, Vega-Exp. vetensk. iakttag. IV, 428. 



Of this common and widely distributed species a large, 

 massive specimen is brougth home; it has a greatest extent 

 of 10 cm. 



Angmagsalik ^^/з 1901 (Søren Nielsen); 65° 40' lat. N., 3.5° 

 32' long. W., depth 25—40 fathoms (The Swedish arctic ex- 

 pedition 1883; Fristedt I.e.). 



Suberites Nardo. 

 S. carnosus Johnst. 

 PI. XIV. Fig. 1. 

 1842. Halichondria carnosa Johnston, Brit. Spong. and Lithophyts, 146, 



PI. XIII, figs. 7—8. 

 1900. Suberites carnosus, Topsent, Arch, de zool. e.\p. et gén. VIII. 233, 



PI. VII, figs. 1-5. 

 1885. Suberites sp. Vosmaer, Bijdrag. tot de Dierk. 12te Afl. 3die Gedeelte, 

 21, PI. I, figs. 9 a— b, PI. II, fig. 33. 



Several specimens of this species have been taken; the 

 specimens are all of an erect, cylindric shape, and more or 

 less ramose, thus they agree well with the figures given by Vos- 

 maer 1. с The oscula are scattered on the surface, they are 

 somewhat conical, spout-shaped. With regard to the skeleton 



