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the romantic Kyles of Bute, aboard the yacht of Mr. Smith 

 of Jordanhills, when dredging along with him and Professor 

 Edward Forbes. A dozen precious years have passed since 

 that delightful excursion. 



2. TUBULARIA DUMORTIERII, Dr. Johnston. 



Hab. On the shell of the Litkodes maja, from Berwick Bay. 



"This is so like T. indivisa, that one might conjecture 

 it was that species in miniature, but there can be no doubt 

 of its distinctness." To be convinced of the truth of this, 

 we have only to look at Dr. Johnston's fine figure of it, 

 plate vii. 1, 2. 



3. TUBULARIA LARYNX. (Plate II. fig. 4.) 



Hab. Strangford Lough, W. Thompson ; Belfast Lough, 

 Mr. Paterson and Mr. Hyndman. 



" This coralline is found in great plenty in the sea, near 

 the opening of the Thames, adhering to other marine bodies, 

 and often to the bottoms of ships. I have received it with 

 the animals alive in sea-water, in which state it affords a 

 most agreeable scene ; the top of each tube bearing a bright 

 crimson-coloured polype, equal in richness of colour to the 

 Guernsey lily, all the animals displaying their claws or 

 tentacula at the same time, with surprising agility." Ellis. 



It takes its specific name from the rings on parts of the 



