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230 species would be enumerated in it. This number has in- 

 creased to 242, of which 18 are new and 3 have not hitherto 

 been recorded as British ; and the wealth of the district is, no 

 doubt, far from being exhausted. Indeed, I learn from my 

 friend Prof. Allman that he has lately discovered several new 

 Tubulariadce in the neighbourhood of Torquay. I shall hope to 

 include these and any subsequent additions in a future Supple- 

 ment. 



The following table shows the number of species under each 

 of the leading divisions : — 



H i f Hydroida 77 



' \ Lucernariadse 2 



— 79 



... f Zoantharia 37 



Actmozoa 1 * i ■ a 



[ Alcyonana 4 



— 41 



(Cheilostomata 87 

 Cyclostomata 14 

 Ctenostomata 17 



J Pedicellinea 3 



\ Lophopea 1 



— 122 



242 



XLI. — On the Unicorn of the Ancients. 

 By the Rev. W. Haughton, M.A., F.L.S. 



Few subjects of zoological interest have from time to time given 

 rise to more discussion than that which relates to the question 

 as to what animal is denoted by the " Unicorn" of the ancients*. 



* See for instance the following papers, which the reader interested in 

 this question may consult, but which I have had no opportunity of seeing. 



Bacci, And. Discorso dell' Alicorno. Fiorenza, 1573. 



Bartholinus, Thomas. De Unicornu observationes nova. Patav. 1645. 



Bartholinus, Caspar. De Unicornu ejusque affinibus, &c. Hafn. 1628. 



Bereus, F. C. Diss, de Monocerote. Resp. J. H. Homilius. Lips. 166/. 



Catelan, Lament. Histoire de la Licorne. Monpell. 1624. 



Von der Natter, Tugenden, Eigenschaften und Gebrauch des Einhorns ; 



in franzos. Sprach beschrieben ; von G. Fabroubersetzt. Frankf. a. M., 



1625. 

 De using, Ant. Diss, de Unicornu. Groning. 1659. 

 Documents Nouveaux sur Vexistence de la Licorne, in Feruss. Bull. Sc. 



Nat. iv. 1825, p. 417- 

 Frenzel, S. F. Disquis. Naturalis de Unicornu. Resp. Christ. Vater. 



Witteberg, 1675. 

 Laterrade, J. F. Notice en refutation de la nnn-existence de la Licorne, 



