13<j DR A. MILNES MARSHALL ON THE 



attempting to remove, as I have had no opportunity of examining specimens of 

 the typical D. abyssicola. 



The variety smaragdina has hitherto only been recorded from the Rams- 

 fjord close to Alvcerstronimen, two miles from Bergen, where it was found "at 

 a depth of 100 to 120 fathoms on a clayey sand bottom," in company with the 

 typical D. abyssicola, but in smaller numbers. 



The measurements of the " Triton " specimen are as follows, those of two 

 specimens described by Koeen and Danielssen being given for the sake of 

 comparison : — 



" Triton " specimen, imperfect 

 at both ends. 



Swedish 



specimens, 



entire 





Total length, .... 



61 mm. 



268 



mm. 



200 mm 



Rachis, 



61 



197 





148 



Stalk, 



absent 



71 





62 



N6. of pairs of polyps, 



34 



54 





44 



Diameter of rachis, 



0-36 









Diameter of stem (at top), 



0-32 











Length of fully expanded polyp, 



4-5 



... 









„ tentacle, . 



2-4 



. . . 









Length of retracted polyp (inch tentacle), 2 











Size of large spicules of calyx, 



2-3x015 











„ tentacle, 



013 x 0-02 











Size of spicules of body wall of polyp, 



0-56 











Section II. Spjcat^e. 



Sub-section 1. Funiculinece. 



Family 1. Funiculinida?. 

 Funiculina, Lam. 



Faniculina quadrangularis, Pall. (PI. XXIII. fig. 22.) 



Ten fragments of this species were obtained by the " Triton " in Loch 

 Linnhe, off Castle Walker, in 35 to 37 fathoms of water, and at a distance of 

 3£ miles from the shore. 



All the specimens are small and imperfect. Two of them, of 9*4 and 

 12*5 cm. length respectively, have the stalks perfect, and are broken short 

 above at the lower part of the rachis. The remainder are all mere fragments 

 broken at both ends, and varying in length from 5 to 34 cm.. 



None of the specimens have the upper ends perfect, a very unusual circum- 

 stance with this species, which is usually obtained in perfect condition. The 

 specimens have, however, evidently been roughly handled, and were probably 

 damaged at the time of capture. 



