ON THE FAUNA OF IRELAND. 281 
ACALEPHA. 
A catalogue of the Acalepha of Ireland known to Templeton was published 
in the ninth volume of Loudon’s Magazine of Natural History ; subsequently 
papers on the subject have been published by Mr. Patterson* and Mr. Hynd- 
manf, and some additional species to our Fauna recorded by myself in the 
Zoological Proceedings for 1835, (p.’78){ and Annals of Natural History, 
vol. v. p. 248. Mr. R. Ball has, from observations made at Youghal and 





Dublin, contributed to our knowledge in this department. Distribution. 
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ACALEPHA. hla 
Velella mutica, Lam.?§ ...ccceceeseees Reeanas ieee A cacankap ssh seeneccaccecssces| ge loool gel ge 
»  emarginata, Thomp. MSS. (LI We ee bays: Sse ge napactapennipetccvss vanlsce SBA BPALe 
Physalia pelagica, Eschscholtz (not Lam }...cccccceeveees abis Secauns sanidbenanited pal eels bal a 
Mere CuGUINIS, FaUr. COERO) cvelocivccsaceccvactavesnss¥nclecepetecsoecCotessevese % 
 fulgens, Macartney ........ccccewsessensercsaves vende cdavavecseueiecrucase die vooly? 
Cydippe pileus, Lim. o....cccssscsecesceneeane Beaeatie chan chive eameces = <daeacee eects & 
»  lagena, Forbes ......... Dandi esecbasteachtaseadistabadesaaee Enaiitsseegesiccs 'Z 
pomiformis, Patterson........+- pan oinaendee Matinee anak cnet ae aasaetes o % |e lees] & 
Aleincé SSTHUEHITy HOTUCRS. ceaccasebcce cae vesvescecovasevncsna ates nO a seed * 
»  Hibernica; Bolina Hib., Patterson (I. i SES eon ee saat webareas Heals tee sy 
Melicertum campanulatum, Ehrenb. AS ooub aeraiallee slcnietes das aals dave dcneret iy 
Hippocrene Britannica, Forbes .......sscsssevesseeees Sabena bedaueetec sats Ee 
Sarsia tubulosa, Lesson; Oceania? tubul. Sar's.......ccscccceecesceueesees Be cetiine 
Oceania papillata, Mull. (sp.); Medusa papil. Zool. Dan. (1.) ....s..0008 GC 
Thaumantias hemispherica, Mull. (sp.) .....sseesseeeees Seerena tea dhe vee oe ae a 
re pileata, Forbes .......eesseseee UAE Padge ca cens Badtivanesrhs shee csean S 
Thompsoni, Forbes ([.) ....scsseceeeveceeeeeee seeesesecceceosseeseeleeslene! g | ye 
Ephysa simplex, Penn. (sp.) || ..eccceecse senseeseees opened: Bast dap Bansmwaep «tir ¥ 
»  hemispherica, Templeton { (1.) .....cscsssecccsccceeeecececncsccssssates a 
Obelia vitrea, Penn. (sp.); Piliscelotus vitreus, Templeton ......... oundh eas & 
POcyroe ?cruciata, Temp, (1.) ....csscsecesecseserceseresscscees 4S Cesc sg 
Chryszora tuberculata, Penn. as We se cene See dept tee cei anette: ¥ 
Aurelia aurita, Lin. (sp.) .....cceceee “Hearn BasBaeRa ae posts Soeawn? sesian Pyle e ie 
»  bilobata, Fipbes MS. (1. ) De Senses sees dche rest isdvettetessatin aes dies - 
Rhizostoma Cuvieri, Peron; Med. undulata, Penn. ......sccsseesecenee Sc ctue & feoolg? 
man gaelsarn abel) PevOyts cons'nded. deackwaacseestccs dated ca sete: deuce. vadedsewel eee me | ae 
»  capillata, Lin. (sp.); “ C. inscripta, Temp. young”’ (Forbes) ....| 4 |...| 4 
? Aquorea ?radiata, Temp. ........ Seheeiee at she sepa welddat's fe avitcweca's ao daeines * 
? Callirhoe ? dubia, Temp. “of (Lait stead latent lcipitdvtanis se aicatin spn GionS pes Metastases i 
“ Medusa scintillans,” Macartney {t...... eclidpeihaias sate seivaeicte thay s\iasay nauk a, 
Diphya elongata, Hyndman, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. vii. (L. 88 here bees dba an Biestloe 
Apolemia ? Gettiana, Hyndman, (1.) |\|]......sscsccsceseesnesusencescovaececenses 
* Edin. Phil. Journ., Jan. 1836. Trans. Roy. Irish hed. er. xix. a fe 
+ Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p- 164. and vol. xiii. 
{ Physalia pelugica only is here noticed; two fine examples of this species have at 
different times been obtained at Youghal by Miss Ball. 
§ A species of Velel/a is not uncommonly found thrown ashore on the north and 
west coasts, but being generally in an injured state, its species is uncertain. The 
V. emarginata is in all respects different from, and twice the size of the ordinary 
species, It was obtained on the coast of Cork some years ago by Dr. Geo. J. Allman. 
|| “ Probably as Cuvier suggests, some species in a mutilated state.” Forbes, 
{ ‘ Perhaps a young state of durelia.” Forbes. 
** “ This and the preceding are badly observed species.’ " forbes. 
tt “ Of doubtful position, but apparently a good species.” Forbes. 
tt ‘‘ Probably the fry of some species.” Forbes. Lesson names it Thaumantias 
lucida, p- 335. 
§§ Among shell-sand collected at Bundoran on the western coast by Mrs. Hancock, 
and sent to Mr. Hyndman, several Diphy@ (apparently D. elongata) were met with. 
||| Lhis species will be described in the Annals of Natural History. 
