Annulose and Rayed Animals found in Ireland, 233 



Ophiurae, owing to the extreme brittleness of the rays, or arms, 

 which "separate from the body with a facility which is truly 

 wonderful." Now, this I have found to be invariably reme- 

 died by the immediate immersion of the individual in fresh 

 water, which instantly deprives it of the power of casting off 

 its rays or arms ; and it may afterwards be cleaned and dried 

 with great facility. This was first shown me by Mr. Harvey, 

 surgeon, of Teignmouth, whom I had the pleasure, during 

 the past summer, of accompanying in frequent dredging 

 excursions along the coast of Devon. 



I may add that we frequently took a species of ^sterias 

 exactly coinciding with the figure and description, given in 

 p. 146, 147., of ^4sterias Johnston?, or ^questris: also, 

 Ophiura bellis and O. granulata, the latter in great numbers, 

 and both of much larger size than described by Dr. Johnston 

 in VIII. 594 — 596 ; the rays being, in many specimens, full 

 4 in. long. — St. Peter's College, Cambridge, March 4. 1836. 



[Sea Fishes are often best killed by Immersion in Fresh 

 Water : they then die in convulsions, with their fins extended; 

 just as they should be represented in drawings. — Lansdown 

 Guilding. St. Vincent, May 1. 1830. Noted in relation to Dr. 

 Drummond's notice of the poisonous effects of fresh water on 

 some sea animals and plants, published in II. 121 — 127.] 



Art. IV. A Catalogue of the Species of Annulose Animals, and 

 of Rayed Ones, found in Ireland^ as selected from the Payers of 

 the late J. Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, voith Localities, De- 

 scriptions, and Illustrations. By Robert Templeton, Esq. 



ANNULOSA. 



ANNE LIDES Cuv. 



^ TUBI'COLA. 



Serpula Lin. vermicular is Lin. Common -on oyster shells. — 

 S. filiformis Rees f s Cyclop., vol 10. — S. contortuplicata Lin. 

 Common on oyster shells. — S. minima Lam. Among the 

 roots of ioicus digitatus: common. In a fossil state in Co- 

 lin Glen. — Vermilia Lam. triquetra Lin. Common on 

 oysters. — Spirorbis Lam. raautiloides Lam., Serp. spir6r- 

 bis Lin. On JFuci, common. — S. spirillum Lin. On Sertu- 

 lariae, corallines, and lobster shells. — S.granulatus Don. On 

 shells and stones. — Terebella Cuv. conchilega Pallas. 

 — T. cristata Mull. On the shore at Whitehouse Point, in 



