92 LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT. 



Leitcandrajistidosa, H. * 

 Grantia fistulosa, J. 

 Leuconia fistulosa, Bk. 



L. M. B. C, No. 85. 16. Collected at Port Erin, Isle of 

 Man. 



Family. — Sycones. 



Sycandra compressa^ H. 

 Grantia compressa, Fleming. 



This is a very easily recognised species from its hollow 

 compressed form ; it is found in quantity all round our coasts 

 attached to seaweed. It is well figured both by Haeckel 

 and Bowerbank.f 



L. M. B. C, No. 85.17. Collected at Port Erin, Isle of 

 Man. 



L. F. M., No. 22. 4. 74. 2. Collected at Holyhead. 



Sycandra ciliataf H. I 

 Grantia ciliata, H. 



L. M. B. C, No. 85. 18. Collected at Port Erin, Isle of 

 Man. 



L. F. M., No. 22. 4. 74. 4. Collected at Holyhead. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES BY H. J. CARTER, 



F.R.S. 



Aphroceras ramosa, n.sp. 



Small, cylindrical, branched, sessile ; branchlets more or 



less acuminated, horn-shaped ; withoilt peristome. Colour 



whitish-yellow. Surface even, consisting of long, large, 



fusiform acerates arranged parallel to each other and closely 



* Mon. Brit. Spong., vol. ii, p. 39 ; vol. iii, pi. v, figs. 9-16. Die 

 Kalkschwatnme, Haeckel, vol. ii, p. 197; vol. iii, pi. 31. 



t Moil. Brit. Spong., vol. ii, p. 17 ; vol. iii, pi. i. Die Kalkschwamme, 

 vol. ii, p. 360 ; vol. iii, taf. 57. 



+ Mon. Brit. Spong., vol. ii, p. 19 ; vol. iii, pi. ii, figs. 1-15. Die 

 Kalkschwdmme, vol. ii, p. 296 ; vol. iii, taf. 58, firr. 9. 



