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following is a brief summary of the departments in which the greatest addi- 
tions to our knowledge as to species, &c. may be anticipated :—Mottusca, 
Orders Nudibranchiata and Tunicata generally ; Cephalopoda—as evinced by 
Mr. R. Ball’s discoveries in one locality ; Pectinibranchiata—minute species 
of the families Zurbinide and Buccinide ; Lamellibranchiata—in the species 
not to be met with on the beach, but only to be obtained by dredging. 
Crustacea generally, excepting the order Decapoda. Cr1rruireDA, with 
respect to the various forms assumed by each species. ANNELIDA generally, 
land, freshwater and marine: the testaceous species of the tribe Serpulina, 
though as to their mere number the best known, much require rigid analysis. 
ForAMINIFERA generally. EcHINODERMATA, the families Holothuriade 
and Sipunculide. AcALEPHA generally. Zoopuyra; in Hydroida, the soft 
species or those which do not form horny cases, as the genera Clava, Hydra, 
&c.; the Helianthoida generally ; in Ascidioida, the genera Tubulipora and 
Lepralia, in reference to the extent of form assumed by the respective species. 
AmorrPHozoa or Sponges generally. Enrozoa generally—tracing the forms 
assumed by the respective species from birth to their adult state, &c. 
The chief collections of objects illustrative of the Zoology of Ireland are 
the following. In Dublin there are of public collections, the Ordnance Mu- 
seum, Phoenix Park, good in various departments of Vertebrata and Inverte- 
brata ; the Royal College of Surgeons Museum, in which Mr. J. V. Thompson’s 
collection of Crustacea is preserved; Trinity College, containing the late Mr. 
Tardy’s fine collection of Insects, added to by Dr. Coulter; Natural History 
Society, Zoophytes, &c.; Royal Dublin Society, Vertebrata and Invertebrata : 
of private collections there are in the metropolis Mr. R. Ball’s, very rich in 
the various branches of Vertebrata and Invertebrata; Miss M. Ball’s, Insects 
chiefly, and Shells ; Mr. Warren’s, very fine in Shells and Birds; Dr. Farran’s, 
also very fine in Shells, and good in Birds; Dr. Bellingham’s, in Entozoa; Mr. 
Egan’s, in Insects ; Dr. George J. Allman’s, in freshwater Zoophytes and Mol- 
lusea Nudibranchiata; Mr. O’Kelly’s, in Shells*. In Belfast, the Museum of 
the Natural History Society contains a general collection of Vertebrata and 
Invertebrata, including the late Mr. Templeton’s; Mr. Hyndman’s collection 
is rich in Mollusca, Insects, &c.; Mr. Haliday’s very rich in some orders of 
Insects; Dr. Drummond’s in Entozoa and various Invertebrata; Mr. Patter- 
son’s in Insects; my own in various departments, Vertebrata and Invertebrata. 
In Cork, Dr. Harvey has a good collection of Vertebrata, as Mr. Clear has of 
Insects ; Mr. Humphreys, of Shells; Mr. Samuel Wright, of Shells, &c.: Mr. 
Samuel Green of Youghal has a good collection of the eggs of native birds. 
In Limerick, Mr. Wm. Henry Harvey has a good collection of land, fresh- 
water and marine Shells. In the county of Tipperary Mr. Robert Davis, Jun. 
_ of Clonmel, has a collection of Birds, and of the Eggs of Birds, the best in 
Treland: the Rev. Thomas Knox of Toomavara has a good collection of Birds, 
_ as Mr. Edward Waller of Finnoe has of land and freshwater Shells: the late 
Mr. Hely had an extensive collection of the Insects of his district. Dr. Burkitt 
of Waterford has a large collection of Birds. Mr. John Vandeleur Stewart of 
Rockhill, Letterkenny, county of Donegal, has an extensive collection of Mam- 
_ malia and Birds:—the Rev. Benj. J. Clarke, now of Tuam, of land and fresh- 
_ water Mollusca :—Mrs. W. J. Hancock of Lurgan, of Shells, &c., from two lo- 
calities on the western coast. The collection of Irish Shells formed by Capt. 
_ Brown now belongs to Lady Jardine, and that of Dr. Turton is in the posses- 
_ sion of Mr. Jeffreys of Swansea. 
__* This collection having been formed previous to the publication of the catalogues 
of Dr. Turton and Capt. Brown, is frequently referred to by them. Mr. O’Kelly 
states that it was from him Dr. Turton first imbibed a taste for conchology: the genus 
Kellia was dedicated to him by this author. 
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