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1. A. FUSCA, Dal yell. 



A. Dalyellii {Thompson). 



Hab. : Scotland {Dalyell, Thompson). 



A deep-water species, with cells " not unlike tlie 

 ergot of rye." The cells are about -^ in. long, some- 

 what flask-shaped, and curved with a number of bristles 

 projecting from the sides. They arise at intervals 

 along a slender stem. 



Genus V. Farrblla, Ehrenherg. 

 (In honour of Dr. Farre.) 



Zooecia with a bilabiate orifice, elliptical, scattered. 

 Zoarium repent. Polypides without a gizzard. — T. H. 



1. F. REPENS, Farre. 



Lagenella repens (Farre, Thompson), Bowerbankia 

 repens {G.J.), Laguncula repens (FajijBen-.), L.elongata 

 {Van Ben.), Farrella producta {T. H., D. L.). 



Hab. : Isle of Sheppey {Farre), Lancashire Coast 

 {T. H.). 



" The cells are oblong, transparent, pedunculate, 

 springing irregularly from the sides and upper surface 

 of a repent stem. Tentacles \2J" 



This genus difi'ers from the four preceding genera 

 in the fact that the polypides are destitute of a gizzard. 

 Van Beneden has made this genus a special object of 

 study (" Recherches sur ^organisation des Laguncula," 

 Mem. Acad. Roy. Bruxelles, xviii., 25). 



FAMILY V. BUSKIID^. 



Zooecia contracted below, not continuous with the 

 creeping stolon, with an aperture on the ventral surface. 

 — T. H. 



