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trict, but it has nearly disappeared from one locality where 

 it used to be common, viz., below the New Brighton light- 

 house. Most of the specimens seem to belong to the 

 ordinary type form, but Professor Herdman noticed speci- 

 mens at the Isle of Man which answer to the descriptions of 

 the varieties insignis and purpurea of Gosse, while one of 

 the latter form is now in one of the tanks at the Liverpool 

 Museum. 



Mr. Price recorded the species from New Brighton thirty 

 years ago. It was then very abundant. 



Bunodes genwiaceus, Ellis and Solander (1786). 



Recorded by Gosse, from Douglas, Isle of Man. 



Professor Herdman obtained a number of specimens of 

 this species at Port Erin. The medium-sized specimens 

 shew best the characteristic variation in the size and colour 

 of the warts. 



Family. — Stichodact ylid^e . 

 Sub -family. — CoRYNAcxiNiE, 



Corynactis viridis, Allman (1846). 

 This species, which is recorded from the Irish coast by 

 Gosse, was obtained by Professor Herdman, by dredging in 

 deep water off Spanish Head, at the south extremity of the 

 Isle of Man, in August last. From descriptions given to 

 me of the appearance of the specimens during life, I believe 

 these to be of the variety rhodoprasina, Gosse. 



Capnea sanguinca^ Forbes (1841). 

 Obtained by Professor Forbes, '' in deep water off the 

 Isle of Man, on Nullipore beds." Since, with the exception 

 of Falmouth, this is the only locality recorded for this beau- 

 tiful species, it is very desirable that it should be specially 

 looked for in any future dredgings off the Manx coast. 



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