Neutral Hydrogen Observations of the Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies NGC 185 and NGC 205

In this note we report the detection and mapping of neutral hydrogen in two dwarf elliptical galaxies NGC 185 and NGC 205. Both are companions to M 31 and both are classified as peculiar owing to the presence of obscurring dust patches near their nuclei. Both galaxies also contain a small population of blue, presumably young stars (Hodge 1963, 1973).