! 64 Catalogue of Animals lelonging to the Class Vermes, 

 Millepora. 



M. truncata. Islands of Unst and Fula. 



cellulosa. Orkney and Shetland islands. 



pumicosa. Leith shore, investing serlularia, 



Cellepora. 

 Leith shore, attached to fuci. 



C. pumicosa. 

 I. hippuris. 



G. lepadifera. 



A. Schlossevl. 

 Cydonium. 

 arenosum. Shmvt 

 gelatinosnm. 

 digitatum. 



S. ventilabrum. 

 infundibuliformis. 



compressa. 

 bricius. 



F. carbasea. 



Fa- 



Is is. 

 East coast of Scotland, and Orkney 

 islands, but is veiy rare. 



Gorgoma. 

 I have not found this species myself, 

 but have examined a specimen in 

 the museum of the university of 

 this place, which is said to have 

 been taken up on the coast of 

 Aberdeenshire, 



Alcijon'mtn. 

 Leith shore. 

 Island of Fula, 

 Leith shore. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Spojigia. 

 Fished up in the vicinity of the 



islands of Unst and Fula. 

 Island of Unst. Some specimens 



nearly a foot in diameter. 

 Brassay Sound, mainland, Shetland. 



Flustra. 

 Pretty frequent at times on Leith 



shore, but rare in other parts, 

 hispida. Pallas. Leith shore, adhering to fuci. 

 lineata. Orkney islands, 



membranacea. Adhering to fuci on Leith shore and 



the Orkney islands. 



consideration of the most simple animals beine; first createtl ; it has been 

 demonstrated by the ol)servations of the illustrious Werner. This pro- 

 found naturalist discovered them in the oldest transition rocks, viz. those 

 that lie immediately on the newest primitive coral petrifactions. These, 

 therefore, according to the principles of sound geognosy, are to be viewed 

 as the remains of the oldest, and consequently first created beings. 



Tuhularia. 



