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(Thoracica.) 



Family Lepadidce. 



Lepas fascicularis, Ellis and Solander. 



"Frequently taken in the Bay of Fundy in August" (Verrill, 1873). 



In his 1863 "List of Nova Scotian Shells," Willis says that " Anatifa 

 vitrea, Lam. (?) " has been found "about Sable Island;" and that A. hevis 

 is "common." Sir J. W. Dawson, also, in his Hand Book of Zoology, 

 published in 1870, quotes Lepas dentata, Gould, as "common on the Atlantic 

 coast." But, Anatifa Icevis is said to be a synonym of Lepas anatifera, L. ; 

 and Lejms dentata, of L. pectinata, Spengler. 



ScALPELLUM Strcemii, M. Sars. 



H.M.S. Challenger, Station 49 (May 20, 1873), south of Halifax, Nova 

 Scotia, dredged in 85 fathoms, gravel and stones. 



Family Balanidce. 

 Balanus niPROVisus, Darwin. 

 Nova Scotia (Darwin, 1841). 



Balanus balanoides (L.) 



Lepas balanoidcs, L. (1767); teste Darwin. 

 Balanus ovularis, Gould (1841). 

 Balanus clonc/atus, Gould (1841). 

 Balanus balanoidcs, Stimpson (1853). 



Grand Manan, "found abundantly, and generally of large size, on the 

 rocks in the littoral zone. vSeveral fine specimens were found attached to 

 living examples of Littorina littoralis " (Stimpson). " Extremely abundant 

 between tides. Tt inhabits the whole North Atlantic" (Verrill). Near 

 Caribou Island (Packard). 



Balanus crenatus, Bruguiere. 



Balanus crenatus, Bruguiere (1798); teste Darwin. 

 Balanus rugosus, Gould (1841). 



Gasp^ Bay, " common on stones near the shore" (Sir J. W. Dawson, 1858). 

 "The common beach 'acorn shell,' which appears abundantly on all rocky 

 coasts" (Sir J. W. Dawson, Hand Book of Zoology, 1870). "A common 

 species, found along the whole coast " on the north side of the Strait of 



