A SYNOPSIS 





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BRITISH DIATOMACEiE; 



WITH REMARKS 



ON THEIR 



STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND DISTRIBUTION; 



AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR 



COLLECTING AND PRESERVING SPECIMENS. 



BY 



WILLIAM SMITH, F.L.S., 



PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY, QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CORK ; 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY ZOOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, ETC. 



THE PLATES 



BY 



TUFFEN WEST, 



MEMBER OF THE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



" Naturam maxime admiraberis, si omnia ejus opera perlwtraris." — Galen. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. II. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR SMITH AND BECK, 6 COLEMAN STREET, CITY; 



PUBLISHED BY JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



1856. 



