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PENTACTA'. 



Great numbers of this species have been thrown ashore 

 after storms on the east coast of Fifeshire, where they 

 were observed by Mr. Goodsir. They probably inhabit 

 the region of Laminarise not far from land. On the Irish 

 coast it has been dredged in the north by Mr. W. Thomp- 

 son, and at Youghal by Mr. Ball. From the remarks of 

 the fishermen on the coast of Scotland, it would seem to 

 be by much the most common of its genus. It is fre- 

 quently found in the stomach of the Cod. 



