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in Cornwall), it does not appear to have been met with 

 on British coasts, except in Shetland. Mr. Couches 

 C. loBvis was probably a dwarf form of G. cervicornis. 



The present species has cylindrical branches, is 

 yellowish in colour, with the lower portions of the 

 zoarium . highly polished, and grows to a height of 

 about an inch. It is broad in proportion to its height, 

 and is much subdivided. The zooecia have a row of 

 punctures round the margin. 



Genus IV. Escharoides, Smitt. 

 Zocecia with the primary orifice suborbicular ; peri- 

 stome much elevated, and forming a secondary orifice, 

 arched above, and with a sinus below, within which 

 an avicularium is inclosed. Zoarium (in British species) 

 erect, ramose. — T. H. 



1. E. ROSACEA, JBusJc. 



Eschara rosacea (Biisli, A. M. N.). 



Hab. : Loch Fyne {A. M. K), Orkney {Bush). 



This species grows to a height of | to f in., 

 and rises from a short stem, dividing into a number 

 of small branches which are either white or slightly 

 tinged with rose colour. The branches are contorted 

 and curved, and the zooecia are convex, ovate, and 

 granulated. 



2. E. QDiNCUNCiALis, Normaii. 

 Eschara quincuncialis {A. M. N.). 



"Founded on a single specimen dredged in the 

 Minch by the Eev. A. M. Norman, which was not 

 more than a quarter of an inch long.^^ 



Genus V. Smittia, Hinchs. 

 Zocecia with the primary orifice suborbicular, the 



