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DISTRIBUTION OF THE DIATOMACE, 
By B. TAYLOR. 
( Read before the Whitehaven Scientific Association. ) 
THE following list contains only such forms as were undoubted 
species according to the descriptions and classification of J. Ralfs, 
'M.R.C.S.L. (vide Pritchard’s ‘“Infusoria.”) The gatherings in 
which the specimens were found were obtained at various times 
during a period of several years; and from different places, 
extending over a radius of about five miles around Whitehaven. 
Family—EUNOTIC Ai. 
Epithemia gibba. On moss at Lowca Brow. 
of ventricosa. On the Rifle Range near Saltom Pit. 
3 argos. Parton Tunnel. 
B alpestris. Moresby ; various places. 
7 ocellata. Parton Tunnel. 
7 eugenia. Parton Tunnel. 
+ westermanii. Parton Tunnel. 
x gibberula. Gameriggs. 
Jy turgida. Barrowmouth Wood. 
3 granulata. Barrowmouth Wood. 
ro marina. St. Bees. On the fine sand below Sea Cote Hotel, at 
half-tide. 
Himantidium pectinale. Spout in the meadows near the Railway. 
cf paralellum. Spout in the meadows near the Railway. 
Family MERIDONEAL. 
Meridon circulare. Almost every small running stream, 
», constrictum. Meadows near Railway. 
