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eating this Lepralia to inc. I sent the first specimen I got of it to 

 him, and I have lost the only other specimen I got, so that I would 

 scarcely know my namesake were I to meet him. The one was got on a 

 ■hell on Lochfine side, and the other was got on the coast of Ayrshire. 



9. L. pertusa. This is very common at Saltcoats, on the undersido of 

 itoMSj within tide-mark. It is as common at Arran, at Whiting bay. 

 It has bow dredged by Mr. Ilyndman, off the Island of Sana, near the 

 Mull. 



10. L. annulata. I found this at Saltcoats, many years ago, when it 

 «ai new t<> Britain. As I had not then seen L. nitida, I thought it was 

 that species; but Dr. Johnston, to whom I sent it, told me that it was 

 L. annulata of Fabricius, and a discovery. It is found pretty abundantly 

 on Laminaria saccharina. I onco found it on a shell with two spines. 

 It has been dredged by Mr. Ilyndman, off the Mull of Kintyre. 



11. L. bifork. This is rather rare with us. I once found it on a 

 piece of floating bark. 



it, L. pediostomou This beautiful Lepralia is one of the most com- 

 mon at Saltcoats, and in various parts of the Island of Arran, on the 

 underside of stones. 



13. L. variolosa. This is not uncommon on shells in Arran. It is also 

 found here, though but seldom. 



14. L. nitida. This is a most beautiful Lepralia, and very rare both 

 here and in Arran. Dr. Johnston says, " I would say of it what Fabri- 

 cius says of his Cellepora annulata, (that is, Lepralia annulata, which I 

 mistook for this, which marks both its beauty and similarity,) ' pulclierrima 

 et perfectissima hoec omnium visorum* " The most beautiful specimen I 

 ever saw of it, I found on the Ross-shire shore, when waiting for the ferry- 

 boat to take me over to Fort-George, in Inverness-shire. 



15. L. unicornis. This, which used to be called L. coccinea, is very 

 common on the west coast, particularly on the roots of Laminaria digitata. 



16. L. Ballii. I have never seen this, but it has been dredged by 

 Mr. Ilyndman, off Sana Island. 



17. L. coccinea. This is not uncommon with us, on the underside of 

 stones. It has spines whin it is entire. 



18. L. ciliata. This is not uncommon on seaweeds of various kinds, 

 but chiefly such as Delesscria sinuosa. The variety insignis, of Ilassall, 

 is more generally found on Laniinaria saccharina. 



19. L. immersa. This is common on shells, and stones, and seaweeds. 



20. L. punctata. On Pinna ingens, from Island of Coll. 



12. Membranipora. Blainville. 



1. Membranipora pQota. This is very common on the large seaweeds. 

 The variety M. stdlata, of Thompson, is very common on Fucus serratus. 



The normal kind often completely invests the smaller alg;i\ 



L\ M. mvnibranacca. Tin- eommon, especially lining the in- 



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