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ringed or obsolete, a membranous extension of the 

 polypary reaching to the tentacle of the polypite. 

 Polypite red or white, with 8 equal tentacles. 



4. P. PALLIATUS, T. 8. W. 

 Atractylis palliatus {T. S.W.). 



Hab, : Granton ( jP. H. W.). Body of polypite clothed 

 with a gelatinous envelope. Polypite small, white, 

 with 8 alternate tentacles. 



Described by Dr. Wright (Annals of Nat. Hist., 

 August, 1861, p. 129), who states that the polypites 

 surrounded by their gelatinous envelopes resembled a 

 mass of minute ova. 



5. P. VESTITUS, All. 



Hab. : Firth of Forth (All.). Height about ^ in. 

 Stems simple or slightly branched, yellowish-brown, 

 " roughened by adherent particles of sand." Polypites 

 pale yellow, with 6 — 10 tentacles. A continuation of 

 the polypary " extends as a delicate smooth membrane 

 over the body nearly as far as the mouth," 



6. P. SERPENS, All. 



Hab.: Torbay (All), Ilfracombe, Filey Brigg (T. R). 

 Height ^ in. Stem short, simple, with smooth trans- 

 parent polypary. Polypite reddish-orange. Tentacles 

 12—14. 



Mr. Hincks describes this as a '* brilliant little 

 zoophyte." It was first described by Prof Allman in 

 " Notes on the Hydroida,^^ Annals of N. H., January 

 1863. He found it on the stems of P. setacea, dredged 

 from 12 fathoms depth. 



Doubtful Species. 



7. P. (?) LINEARIS, Aid., Suppl. North. Cat. Trans. 

 Tyne F. C , v. 230. 



