76 Miscellaneous. 



Edwards (Coralliaires, vol. i. 217), founded on the Pennatula phal- 

 loides of Pallas (Misc. Zool. t. 13. f. 5, 6, 7, 8). 



The second group of specimens were collected by Mr. Rayner in 

 Sharks' Bay, Australia. They are three in number ; they are softer 

 and less contracted than the preceding ; the pores on the surface are 

 more distinct, and are furnished with more or less dark polypes, 

 which are all expanded. The polypes in one specimen (which 

 is in the most perfect condition) are all entirely of uniform black- 

 brown colour. In one of the other specimens (also in good con- 

 dition) the polypes are pale brown, with a broad black lower ring 

 at the upper part of the tubular body, near the base of the arms. 

 In the other specimen (which is imperfect) the polypes are all pale 

 brown, like the coral. 



In all the three specimens the polypes at the lower half of the 

 club are further apart than they are at the tip ; this is especially the 

 case in the specimen which has the dark ring on the polypes, 

 in which the polypes in the lower part of the club are very far apart 

 and few in number, and appear as if placed in longitudinal lines. 

 I should propose to call this species provisionally Lituaria australis. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



On the Animal of Zonites excavatus, fyc. 



To the Editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 



Gentlemen, — In the first volume of my work on ' British Concho- 

 logy,' which contains an account of the Land and Freshwater Mol- 

 lusca, Zonites excavatus is one of the very few species of which I 

 could only give a meagre and unsatisfactory description of the animal. 

 I am now fortunately enabled to supply this deficiency, having last 

 week found and observed live specimens of the species in question 

 near Tuubridge Wells ; and this new locality will also be interesting 

 to those who study the distribution of the British Mollusca. 



Body slender, greyish white, with three or four raised lines along 

 the neck : mantle closely covered with milk-white specks : tentacles 

 diverging ; upper pair rather long and cylindrical, coarsely granu- 

 lated ; lower pair short : foot thick, obtusely rounded in front, and 

 gradually narrowing behind to an angular or keeled point. The 

 slime is rather copious and iridescent. 



In the same spot were Zonites alliarius, Z. nitidulus, Z. purus, 

 Z. radiatulus, Z. fulvus, and Helix rotundata. 



The pulsations of Z. alliarius varied within the space of ten mi- 

 nutes, having from 48 to 56 beats per minute. 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Yours faithfully, 



J. Gwyn Jeffreys. 

 25 Devonshire Place, Portland Place, 

 June 4, 1862. 



