DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY. Ill 



six additions were made during the year ; the following are 

 the most important : — 



Two typical specimens of Astropecten acicularis from 

 Shetland ; presented by the Rev. Canon Norman, d.c.l., 



F.R.S. 



Four typical specimens of Synapta huski ; presented by 

 Professor M'Intosh. 



A series of thirteen specimens of Aster ias ruhens from 

 Aberdeen, and six specimens from Sheerness ; presented by 

 G. Sims, Esq. and Miss Buchanan respectively. 



Eight Echinoderms from the neighbourhood of Plymouth, 

 including a very large and well-preserved example of the 

 delicate Luidia ciliaris ; purchased. 



Five examples of the rare Zoroaster fulgens, and three of 

 Gorgonocephalus eiicnemis, obtained during the cruise of 

 H.M.S. " Triton; " presented by Dr. John Murray, f.r.s.e. 



A fine example of Asterias glacialis from Loch Craignish; 

 presented by the Hon. A. E. Gathorne-Hardy, M.P. 



Forty-five specimens, chiefly from deep water, of Irish 

 Echinoderms, among which are a number of examples of the 

 very interesting Echinothurid, Asthenosor)ia ; presented by 

 the Royal Dublin Society. 



Twenty-eight Echinoderms from the Kara Sea, among 

 which are Ophiopleura horealis, Hymenaster pellucidus, 

 Asterias stelliomera, and Trochostorna horeale ; received in 

 exchange from the Copenhagen Museum. 



A specimen of Cucumaria, glacialis from the Kara Sea, 

 and one from Spitzbergen ; presented by Professor Loven. 



Twenty Echinoderms from the South and West Coasts of 

 Iceland ; presented by Dr. Grenfell. 



The type of Bathyhiaster vexillifer from the Faroe 

 Channel ; received with " Challenger " duplicates. 



A Solaster furcifer, from Trondhjemfjord ; presented by 

 Dr. Bovallius. 



Three examples of the rare Goniaster hispidus ; presented 

 by Dr. Sturm. 



Thirty Echinoderms from Japan, including Cidaris 

 hiserialis, Clypeaster ja.jyonicus, JSchinarachnius tnirahilis, 

 and Asterina p>ectinifer ; purchased. 



Sponges. — One hundred and eighty-seven specimens were 

 added to this class ; the following were the most important : — 



Eight Sponges from the Kara Sea ; received in exchange 

 from the Copenhagen Museum. 



A hundred and twenty-one microscopic preparations of 

 Sponges, illustrating Messrs. Ridley and Dendy's Report on 

 the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. " Challenger," and 

 twenty-eight specimens of calcareous Sponges of Victoria, 

 illustrating Dr. Dendy's " Mon,ograph of Victorian Sponges ; " 

 presented by Dr. A. Dendy. 



O.IOS. Anthozoa.— ' 



