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Schizoporella auriculatay Hassall. 



Lepralia auriculata, Hass., Johnst , Busk. 

 Escharella auriculata, Smitt. 



Isle of Man (Hincks). 



Schizoporella hyalina, Linnaeus. 



Cellepora hyalina, Linn., Fabr. 



Lepralia hyalina, W. Tliomp., Johnst , Busk 



MoUia hyalina, Smitt. 



Found in considerable abundance in the Isle of Man on 

 Laminaria (Hincks). Also on the telson of Homarus 

 vulgaris brought into Liverpool market (Lomas). 



Schizoporella linearis, Hassall. 



Lepralia linearis^ Hass., Johnst., Busk, Norman, &c. 

 Lepralia hastata, Hincks, Dev. and Corn. Cat 

 Herentia linearis. Gray. 

 Escharella linearis, Smitt. 



Very abundant and generally distributed (Hincks). Colwyn 

 Bay (Shrubsole). 



Genus Hippothoa, Lamouroux. 



Syn. Catenicella (part), Blainville. 

 Mollia (part), Smitt. 



Contains three British species and one doubtful one, 

 H. cassiterides, Couch. 



Hippothoa distans, MacGillivray. 

 Hippothoa jiagellum, Manzoni, Hincks. 

 Isle of Man. 



In Hincks' British Marine Polyzoa (1880), this is 

 described as H, flagellum ; but in A. M. N. H. for July, 

 1881, the name is withdrawn in favour of the above. 



Hippothoa divaricata, Lamouroux. 



Mollia hyalina forma divaricata, Smitt. 

 Generally distributed (Hincks). Colwyn Bay (Shrubsole). 



