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An Appendiculariaf which apparently belongs to this 

 species, was very abundant on the surface of the sea near Port 

 Erin, Isle of Man, on certain days in July and August. It 

 was taken in the tow-net on July 30th, August 1st, August 

 7th, August 18th, August 19th, August 21st, and on August 

 22nd. All the specimens seem to belong to the one species, 

 and they are all of about the same size. 



The British species of the AppendiculariidaB have never 

 been critically examined, and they are probably more 

 abundant than is generally supposed. 



In 1845, Forbes and McAndrew found a species of 

 Appendicularia in abundance off the north coast of Scotland. 

 It gave a red colour to the surface water, and, from Forbes' 

 figure,* it seems to have been unlike any of the known 

 species ; it was a short-bodied form with a cleft at the end of 

 the appendage. Huxley, in 1856, t described specimens of 

 Appendicularia flahellum which he had obtained in the 

 Bristol Channel, near Tenby. In 1858, Allman found a 

 species of Appendicularia in the Firth of Clyde, and Strethill 

 Wright recorded one from the Firth of Forth. | Various 

 species from other seas have been described by Gegenbaur, 

 Moss, and Fol. In 1874, Sanders § described two species, one 

 an Oikopleura, and the other a Fritillaria, but both apparently 

 new to science, from Torquay harbour. 



These are the published records of Appendiculariidge in 

 British waters. A few years ago Dr. Sorby, F.R.S., sent me 

 a large number of specimens, mostly of the present species, 

 which he had obtained during the cruise of his yacht, " The 

 Glimpse," round the south coast of England; and while 

 dredging during the last few summers on the west coast of 



* British Mollusca, vol. i, pi. W., fig. 1. 



f Quart. Journ. Micro. Soc, vol. iv, p. 181, 1856. 



+ Proc. R. S. Edin., vol. iv, p. 123, 



§ Monthly Microsc. Journ. vol. xi, p. 141. 



