[331] THE BRYOZOA 239 



The colony is gelatinous and composed of but one layer, and the 

 polypides, which are inclined somewhat to the surface, lie imbedded 

 in the matrix. The orifices are circular and open upon distinct 

 papilla3. 



Family FL USTRELLID^. 



FLUSTRELLA Gray. 



FLUSTRELLA HISPIDA Fabricius. 



Flustrella hispida Hincks ('80), pi. lxxii, figs. 1-5. 

 Flustrella hispida Johnston ('47), pi. lxvi, fig. 5. 



Local distribution. — Yakutat, forming branching masses ; Lands 

 End; Fort Point, California. 



Foreign distribution. — Common in Britain; Bahusia; Finmark; 

 Greenland ; Heligoland ; Roscoff ; France. 



Family VESICULARIID^. 



BOWERBANKIA Farre. 



BOWERBANKIA IMBRICATA Adams. 



Bowerbankia imbricata Hincks ('80), pi. lxxiii, figs, i, 2. 

 Bowerbankia densa Farre ('37), pi. xx and xxi, figs. 1-16. 



Habitat. — Creeping over other Bryozoa. 



Local distribution. — Orca ; Yakutat ; Lime Point, California ; Vi- 

 rago Sound, Queen Charlotte Islands. 



Foreisrn distribution. — Common on the coast of Britain ; White 

 Sea; Caspian Sea ; Ostend ; Roscoff. 



Suborder PHl^LACTOL^MATA Allman. 



Family PL UMA TELLLD^. 



PLUMATELLA Lamarck. 



PLUMATELLA REPENS Linnaeus. 



Pltimatella repens Allman ('56), pi. v, figs. 1-8. 

 Plumatella repens Johnston ('47), 2d ed., p. 403, fig. "](>. 



Local distribictio7i. — Water-lily pond at Kadiak ; Lake Washing- 

 ton, Seattle ; Mountain Lake, San Francisco. 



Foreign distribution. — Through Great Britain ; Lake Lucerne ; 

 Lake Como ; Alpine lakes ; lakes in the Pyrenees ; France ; Italy ; Ger- 

 many ; Prussia ; Sweden ; Denmark. 



