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Art. V. A Catalogue of the Species of Rayed Animals found in 

 Ireland, as selected from the Papers of the late J. Templeton, 

 Esq., of ' Cranmore, ivith Notices of Localities, and with some De- 

 scriptions and Illustrations. By Robert Templeton, Esq. 



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RADIATA. 



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iEquorea Peron. ? radiata. Pellucid ; a rose-coloured concen- 

 tric circle about half way between the centre and periphery, 

 from which extend numerous concolour rays projecting 

 beyond the edge so as to form a marginal fringe, under- 

 neath no appendages apparent. Breadth 3 in. Shore at 

 Portrush, county Antrim ; July 1815. — CallirhbV Peron. ? 

 dubia. Semitransparent, convex, with 10 or 12 fuscous 

 obsolete rays, proceeding from a dark centre ; margin with 

 numerous tentacula. Beneath, irregular arms and laminae 

 occupying nearly the 

 whole space within 

 the tentacula. Inha- 

 bits the coast, but 

 not so common as 

 Aurelitf aurita. — Cy- 

 anea Per. ? inscripta. 

 {fig. 45.) Semitrans- 

 parent, brownish, 

 with a dark centre, 

 from which proceed 

 8 obscure rays, to 

 the middle of 8 

 emarginate lobes, 

 which crown the 



margin, the intervals between these lobes having a lunate, 

 transparent, plicated membrane, semicartilaginous, and with 

 numerous tentacula in fasciculi proceeding from beneath 

 them. Found on the shore near Carrickfergus ; Septem- 

 ber, 1812. — Aureluz? aurita MM. Transparent, colour- 

 less, with 4 heart-shaped purple marks meeting centrally, 

 and 4 plicated arms between them, the margin fringed 

 with fine appendages. Very common during the summer 

 months. — Ephysa Peron. simplex Penn. Found occa- 

 sionally at Donaghadee. — E. ? hemisphee'rica. {fig. 46.) 

 Hyaline, faint traces of obscure radii, 4 purple cordate 

 marks meeting at the centre. Common on the coast. — 



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