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be continued, the wliole soft parts sink within the calcareous cup." 

 5th April 1833. 



PociLLOPORA iNTEUSTiNCTA. Madrepora interstincta, Mull. 

 Zool. Dan. prod. 252 — Dr Fleming (Brit Anim. 511) has seen a 

 specimen <' probably of this species," obtained by Dr Hibbert in 

 Zetland, but I am not aware that any description of it has been yet 

 published. 



Madrepora musicalis, Lin. Syst. 1278. Berk. Syn. i. 211. 

 Turt. Gmel. iv. 625. Turt. Brit. Faun. 204. — Said to be some- 

 times cast on the Irish coast ; but without the slightest claim to 

 denization. 



Madrepora porpita, Turt. Gmel. iv. 616 A fossil confound- 

 ed with the M. porpita of the Indian seas. 



MiLLEPORA TRUNCATA, Stew. Elem. ii. 426- Marked erroneous- 

 ly as British. 



MiLLEPORA LICHENOIDES, Tuvt. Brit. Fauu. 204. Turt. Gmel. 

 iv. 635. — I am not aware on what authority this has been introduced 

 into our native Fauna by Dr Turton. Ellis says nothing that can 

 lead one to suppose that his specimen was British. 



