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MR JAMES MURRAY 



Tardigrada were abundant in those collections, and the number of species found 

 (19) was nearly as great as in Spitsbergen. There were besides 2 yet undescribed 

 species. 



As compared with Spitsbergen, the various genera were represented in very 

 different proportions. There were 6 species of Echiniscus, 10 of Macrobiotics, and 3 

 of Diphascon. 



The Tardigrada of Franz Josef Land and Spitsbergen do not differ materially : 

 15 species are known to be common to the two groups, leaving 16 which are known 

 in Spitsbergen and not in Franz Josef Land, and 4 which are known in Franz Josef 

 Land and not in Spitsbergen. 



As all the Tardigrada of Franz Josef Land, except only Echiniscus borealis, are 

 already known from some other countries, we may expect to find a still closer 

 correspondence between Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land when the fauna of the 

 latter shall become better known. 



List of Franz Josef Land Species (Bruce Collections). 



















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Echiniscus arctomys, Ehr. 





X 



x 









E. mutabilis, Murray 







X 









E. wendti, Richters 





X 



X 









E. spitsberge?isis / Scourfield . 







X 









var. spinuloides, var. nov. 







X 









E. borealis, sp. n. 





X 











E. mv.scicola, Plate 









X 







Macrobiotics annulatus, Murray 



X 











X 



M. augusti, Murray 



X 



X 











M. hufelandii, C. Sch. . 









X 







M. intermedin,*, Plate . 



X 













M. echinogenitus, Richters 



X 



X 



X 



X 







var. areolatus, var. nov. . 



X 



X 











M. dis)>ar, Murray 





X 







X 





M. ambujuus, Murray . 



X 













M. rrenulatus, Richters 







X 









M. liarmswortlti, sp. n. . 





X 











M. arrticus, sp. n. 





X 











Diphascon spiUbergense, Richters . 



X 













D. scoticum, Murray 







X 









D. angustatum, Murray 



X 













NOVAYA ZEMLYA. 



There were only a few collections available from one spot in Novaya Zemlya — 

 Kostin Point. These were not very productive, and only 3 distinct species were 



recognised. 



