8 LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT. 



last summer on the shores of Hilbre Island are the fol- 

 lowing : — 



PoRiFERA. — Sycandra ciliata, Isodictya varianSy Su- 



berites carnosa, Halisarca dujardinii, 

 CcELENTERATA. — Clava multicomiSf Garveia nutans^ 



Tabulariaindivisa, Tubular ia larynx ^ Coryne pusilla, 



Obelia dichotomaj Sertularella rugosa, Actinoloba 



dianthus, var. rubida, Cylista undata. 

 EcHiNODERMATA. — Echiuus esculetitus, Asterias rubens, 



Echinocyainus pusillus, 

 PolychjETA. — Sabellaria alveolata, Sabella penicillus, 



Siphonostomum gelatinosuin, Pectinaria belgica. 

 Polyzoa. — PediceMina cernua, var. glabra, Bowerbankia 



imbricata, Anguinella palmata, Bugula flabellata 



and B, turbinata, Flustra foliacea, Bicellaria ciliata, 



Amathia lendigera. 

 Pycnogonida. — Pycnogonum littorale, Phoxichilus spi- 



nosus. 

 Crustacea. — Hyas araneus, Stenorhynchus rostratus, 



Porcellana platycheles. My sis Jlexuosa, Caprella 



linearis. 

 MoLLUSCA. — Tapes pullastra, var. perforans, Pholas 



crispataj Eolis despecta, Eolis drummondi, Eolis 



coronata, Eolis nana, Ancula cristata, Doto coronata, 



Dendronotus arbor escens, Tritonia plebeia, Doris 



pilosa, Eledone cirrhosa, 

 TuNiCATA. — Ciona intestinalis, Clavelina lepadiformis. 



The specimens of Garveia nutans were found living, and 

 with gonophores, on June 13th, attached to the rocks just 

 beyond low water mark at the north end of the Island, 

 exactly opposite the spot in Hilbre Swash where the species 

 was dredged on the "Merry Andrew" expedition, on May 9th. 

 It is intended during next summer to divide the littoral 



