62 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



Polypites white, " witli numerous alternate tentacles, 

 base of body surrounded by a ring of thread cells/^ 



Described by Dr. Wright from a single specimen 

 obtained at Queensferry, in the Edin. N. P. Journal, 

 July, 1859, p. 113. 



5. E. CAPiLLARE, Alder. 



Corymbogonium capillare {AIL), Dicoryne capillare 

 {Aid.). 



Hab. : Plymouth {Aid.), Northumberland {Emble- 

 ton), Firth of Forth {All), St. Andrew's {McL), 

 Cornwall {T. E.). Height | — § in. Polypites greyish- 

 olive, vase-shaped, with from 20 — 30 long tentacles. 

 Stem branched irregularly. Branches of equal thick- 

 ness with the stem, and ringed above the point of 

 branching. 



6. E. VAGINATUM, All. 



Hab.: Shetland, on the "Out Skerries" {All). 

 Height Ij in. Polypary deeply ringed. Polypites 

 vermilion, with 18 tentacles. 



Described by Prof. Allman in An. N. H., January, 

 1863. 



7. E. INSIGNE, T. E. 

 E. humile {All). 



Hab.: Torquay {All), Ilfracombe, Swanage {T.E.). 

 Height J — I in. Polypary delicate, reddish-brown, 

 ringed throughout. Polypite yellowish-vermilion, very 

 graceful and beautiful. Tentacles 20 — 23. 



FAMILY X. BIMERIDiE. 



Polypites borne on a stem with a single wreath of filiform 

 tentacula surrounding a conical "proboscis. 

 The name given originally to this family was Atrac- 



