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Mr. Patterson on the Bolina Hibernica. 



VI. On the Bolina Hibernica. By Robert Patterson, Esq., Member of 

 the Natural History Society of Belfast. 



Read November 11, 1839. 



In a paper on the Cydippe pomiformls, read before the Royal Irish Academy 

 in December, 1838, and published in the present volume,* the occurrence on our 

 coast of another species of ciliograde was mentioned, its figure described, and 

 some particulars respecting its economy brought forward. The present is 

 intended as a sequel to the former communication respecting this animal, 

 the Bolina Hibernica. 



The specimens from an examination of which I am enabled to give the 

 particulars here recorded, were obtained the 11th of July, 1839, when I was 



Explanation of the Figures. 



F^, 1. Front view. 

 2. Lateral view. 



3. Anterior portion viewed from above. 



4. Posterior portion seen from beneath. 



Ante, page 91. 



