42 COIIYNLCLE. 



dense mass over about two-thirds of the body of the polypite. 

 The ova are large, and have a conspicuous germinal vesicle. 

 Mr. Gosse witnessed the exclusion of 25 from a single 

 capsule, " the process being all over in about a minute." 

 The number varies considerably : I have met with 12, 18, 

 and 20. They are oval or circular, and of a brownish 

 colour, but undergo remarkable changes of form after ex- 

 clusion, shooting out processes here and there, and hardly 

 presenting the same shape for many seconds together. 

 They seem to have no locomotive power*. 



This beautiful species is identical with the Coryne 

 figured by Lister in his notable paper in the Philosophical 

 Transactions for 1834. Gossc has also given a very 

 characteristic representation of it. The Syncoryna Listerii 

 of Van Beneden is certainly not identical with Lister's 

 species. 



Hob. In tide-pools, near low-water mark : South Devon: 

 Ilfracombe, and neighbouring coast : Swanage, Dorset : 

 Clew Bay, co. Galway (T.H.) : co. Cork, common (G. J.A.) : 

 Channel Islands, very fine. 



This is the common Coryne along the south-western 

 coast. Its favourite habitat is amongst the luxuriant 

 vegetation clothing the sides of the tide-pools, where it 

 attains a large size, and adds not a little to the beauty of 

 their scenery. 



3. C. VERMICULARIS, Hilicks. 

 " On New British Hydroida," Ann. N. II. for October 1806. 



Plate VIII. fig. 2. 

 ZOOPHYTE /ow/m/gr dense shrubby tufts ; STEM much branched 



* Mr. Gosse has recorded similar observations in his ' Devonshire Coast.' 

 pp. 194-195. 



