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The species, an extremely large quantity of which was obtained at 
Station 8, is the Nymphon robustum, Bell, the very same, of which 
Professor Wyville Thomson published a highly characteristic drawing 
in his Depths of the Sea , under the name of JSf. abyssorum, A. M. 
Norman. 
I got large quantities of the same species from different dredging 
stations in the Barents Sea; in general the specimens from this 
locality are larger and stouter than those from the “Knight Errant.” 
The same remark may be made with regard to the specimens of N. 
stroemii, dredged during the cruise of the “ Knight Errant,” Station 
8, and those obtained by the Dutch schooner “Willem Barents” in 
higher northern latitudes. From the same station (8) a single 
specimen of N. grossipes, Oth. Fabr., and numerous JSf. macronyx , 
Prof. G. 0. Sars, were obtained. The last named species is a very 
interesting one, which, till now, I knew only from the description of 
Prof. G. O. Sars. More than forty specimens I picked out from the 
three bottles with N. robustum. 
As far as I know the cirriped on the N. robustum is new to science. 
It is a Scalpellum species, for which I propose the name, Scalpellum 
nymphocola .* 
As for the large Pycnogonid, four specimens of which were dredged 
also at station 8, it is Collossendeis proboscidea, Sabine, spec., a species 
by no means rare in the cold area of higher northern latitudes. I will 
include these species in my Pycnogonid memoir ; of iV. robustum, Bell, 
JV. stroemii, Kroyer, and Collossendeis proboscidea , Sabine, I prepared 
detailed descriptions for the narrative of the “ W. Barents ” cruise ; 
so I will give only their names and a very short notice in my 
“ Challenger ” publication. (See Hoek Report Pycn. “ Chalk,” p. 
94-99.) 
Report on the Polyzoa. By Dr. Geo. Busk, F.R.S. 
Station I ; 305 fathoms. A few fragments of rock, on which were 
minute colonies of 
* A description of this species, with the necessary figures, will be given in 
my report on the Cirripedia of the Expedition of H.M.S. “ Challenger.” 
