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sent to us by Mr. Loughrin, who took it at Polperro. 

 Not having then seen the type of the species it was 

 described by us under another name ; but more recently 

 we have taken advantage of an opportunity to examine 

 the original specimen, and no doubt is left on our 

 minds that the British form is identical with that found 

 on the coast of France, described by M. Edwards. 



The following vignette represents an incident in the 

 pursuit of science that befell one of the authors near 

 the Lizard Point, Cornwall. 



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