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defined, the others nodulated and less distinct. The valves 

 are covered, between the ridges, with rounded tubercles. In 

 young specimens the longitudinal ridges are sharper, the 

 surface-tubercles are sharp and spinous, and the elevated an- 

 terior border is absent or indistinct. The young state of this 

 species is represented in figs. 12-15. Length (of the adult) 

 aVrd of an inch. 



The above description applies to well-marked specimens ; and 

 much latitude must be allowed as to the amount of spinous and 

 tubercular development, especially with reference to the squa- 

 mous spines and lamina of the posterior extremity. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



Fig. 1. Cythere carinata (Brady), left valve, X 50. 



Fig. 2. The same, seen from above, X 50. 



Fig. 3. The same, seen from below, X 50. 



Fig. 4. The same, end view, X 50. 



Fig. 5. Cythere arborescens (Brady), perfect carapace, X 40. 



Fig. 6. The same, seen from above, X 40. 



Fig. 7. The same, seen from below, X 40. 



Fig. 8. The same, end view, x 40. 



Fig. 9. Cytheridea punctillata (Brady), left valve. X 40. 



Fig. 10. The same, seen from above, X 40. 



Fig. 11. The same, end view, X 40. 



Fig. 12. Cythere aspera (Brady), right valve (young), x 40. 



Fig. 13. The same, seen from above, X 40. 



Fig. 14. The same, seen from below, x 40. 



Fig. 1 5. The same, end view, x 40. 



Fig. 16. The same, adult right valve, X 40. 



Fig. 17. The same, seen from above, X 40. 



Fig. 18. The same, seen from below, X 40. 



Fig. 19. The same, end view, x 40. 



XXVI. Classification of Polyps. {Extract condensed from a Syn- 

 opsis of the Polypi of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition 

 under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers, U.S.N.) By A. E. 

 Verrill*. 



The report upon the collection made by Dr. William Stimpson, 

 naturalist to the expedition, having been much delayed, the 

 following tabular view of the classification adopted is here pre- 

 sented, with the hope that, if imperfect like every other, it may 

 nevertheless afford some aid in illustrating the natural affinities 

 of these humble forms. 



Although, in a communication read before a zoological club 

 at Cambridge, January 1862, I attempted to demonstrate the 



* From the ' Proceedings of the Essex Institute,' U. S., for 1865. 



