112 Rev. Canon Norman — A Month on XI 11. — A Month on the Trondhjem Fiord. By tlie Rev. Canon Norman, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., &c. [Continued from vol. xii. p. 452.] [Plates VI. & VII.] Genus Kinekoskias, Danielssen. (Additional notes on the genus.) Kinekoskias Smitti, Dan. Add to the synonymy of my previous notes given on p. 4.4:8 of vol. xii. the following : — 1875. Bugula -ftexilis, Verrill, "Brief Contrib. XXXII. Results Dredging New England Coast, 1874," Amer. Journ. Sci. vol. ix. p. 415, pi. vii. figs. 1, 2. 1879. Kinekoskias Jiexilh, Verrill, " Eecent Additions Marine Invert, N.E. Amer.," Proe. U.S. Nat. Mus. p. 189 (no description). 1879. Kinekoskias Smitti, Dub. & 'K.OT.,=^Bugida Jie^vilis, Verr., VeiiiU, Prelim. Check-List Marine Invert. Atlantic Coast, Cape Cod to Gulf of St. Lawrence, p. 29 (name only). 1885. Kitiekoskias {Biujiilopsis) fle.vilis, Verrill, " Results Explor. ' Albatross,' 1883," Ann. Rep. Comm. Fish and Fisheries for 1883, p. 530 (no description). — Bwjidopsis, to which the species is here referred, is a genus established by VerriU, A\ith Cellularia Peuchii, Busk, as the type, upon the valid groimds that Cellularia of Busk is not Pallas's genus of that name. Since the last part of these notes was published, having had occasion to refer to some of Verrill's papers, I came across his figure of JBicgidaJiexilis, and was at once struck with the absolute identity of his illustrations and my own of Kine-koskias Smitti, and I hnd that he subsequently referred liis species to that of Danielssen. Verrill speaks of the branches as " tapering gradually to the point of attachment," but makes no mention of a stalk ; but even should tlie species assume a different habit on the other side of the Atlantic, the zooecial characters being the same, there can, I take it, be no question as to the propriety of uniting the forms. It is interesting that Danielssen's species lias its range thus ex-tended. It occurs in deep water (194 fathoms) off" the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia. I have found a fragment labelled ^^Kinekoskias iSmitti, = B((<jula jie.vilisj^^ which was sent to me by Professor Verrill. It is in spirit, but in bad condition, having been apparently at some time dried ; but it apjjears to bear out the synonymy.
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