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Pycnogonida. 



Ten specimens of Pycnogonida from Harwich ; presented hy 

 H. Whitehead, Esq. 



ECHINODERMA. 



The most extensive set was contained in a new instalment 

 of the Norman collection ; among these may be mentioned 

 Ophiothrix luetheni, Solaster furcifer, Echinocucumis 

 hispida and Antedon quadrata. A specimen of Sigsheia 

 murrhina was presented by the West Indian and Panama 

 Telegraph Company. 



Worms. 



Here, again, the largest contingent is from the collection of 

 Canon Norman ; of his specimens the following may be 

 specially mentioned : — Acholoe astericola, Tomopteris helgo- 

 landica, Marphysa hellif and Ctenodrilus pardalis. A 

 specimen of SphcBVOsyllis with ova was presented by Mr. 

 H. J. Waddington. A specimen of Ascavis sp)iculigera was 

 determined by Mr. A. E. Shipley, F.R.S. An example of the 

 lately described Ereunetes sicarius was obtained by exchange 

 from the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



POLYZOA. 



The most important additions were as follows : — 



Portions of types and co-types of ten species of Polyzoa 

 from Queensland, described by Pi'ofessor W. A. Haswell in 

 1881; presented hy the Trustees of the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney. 



Anthozoa. 



Of the few specimens of this group obtained during the 

 year were some from the Norman Collection, of which may be 

 cited the type of Rhizoxenia albicolor. 



Prof. J. P. Hill has presented the types of four species of 

 Zoanthids from Queensland and New Hebrides. 



Hydrozoa. 



The most important additions were : — 



Eleven specimens of Hydroida from a cable at a depth 

 of 49 fathoms off Puerto Rico, West Indies ; collected and 

 presented hy Captain A. Morrell {West India and Panama 

 Telegraph Company). 



Five specimens of Hydrozoa from the Mediterranean and 

 Atlantic; presented hy the Eastern and Associated Telegraph 

 Companies, 



