28 0. NORDGAARD. [2nd ARC. exp. fram 



Sept. 19, 1900, outside Forvisnings Fjord, on Balanus; Sept. 20, 

 1900, the head of Gaase Fjord, 3—20 fath. 



In his „Notes on the Natural History of East Finmark"^, Canon 

 Norman maintains that the form that has hitherto been called Mucro- 

 nella coccinea, Abildgaard, must be regarded as the type of Milne- 

 Edwards' genus Escharoides ; and the reasons given for this seem to 

 be satisfactory. As a natural consequense of this, the form jacksoni 

 must also be entered as an Escharoides species. 



It is possible that this species also will prove to be circumpolar; 

 for besides being found in the above-mentioned places^ it is now known 

 from East Greenland (K. A. Andersson), the north of Norway (Nord- 

 gaard). East Spitsbergen (Bidenkap), King Carl's Land (K. A. Andersson) 

 and Franz Josef Land (Waters). 



Gen. Smittina.'^ 

 Smittia, Hincks. 



54. Smittinsb smitti. Kirchenpauer. 



Syn. HiDENKAP Kat., p. 25. 



Jnly 22, 1900, the winter haven, about 30 fath. 

 The operculum was extremely thin, which indeed is the case in all 

 typical Sniittina species. 



55. Smittina Jeffreys!, Norman. 



PI. IV, fig 48. 

 Syn. BiDKNKAP Kat., p. 25. 

 Sept. 19, 1900, outside Forvisnings Fjord; Aug. 16, 1901, Gaase 

 Fjord, about 7 fath. 



Unusually beautiful colonies of this species (see fig. 48) were found 

 in Gaase Fjord. 



56. Smittina minnscula, Smitt. 



PL III, figs. 46 & 47. 



1667. Escharella porifera, f. tninuscula, Smitt, Ofv. Kgl. Vet. Akad. Forh., 1867, 

 Appendix, pp. 9 & 73, pi. 24, figs. 33-35. 



July 12, 1901, bay near Land's End, 2 small colonies on algae. 

 Under Escharella j^or-ifera, Smitt has placed no less than 5 forms, 

 which systematists of the present day will find so very different that 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 12, pp. 116 & 117. 



' See Norman Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 12, p. 120. 



