324 REPORT 1868. 



edge of the operculum of Turritella communis, dredged in Basta Yoe, 

 Shetland. Out of between 1 twenty and thirty specimens of living Tur- 

 ritella examined, not one was free from this remarkable little Zoophyte " 

 (Allman). Mr. Hincks tells me that he has identified this species with 

 Perigonimus repens, Allman, but that Prof. Allman dissents. This being 

 so, I think it better to retain here the name of minutus given to the 

 Shetland specimen. 



Garveia nutans, S. Wright = Eudendrium (Corythamniuni) bacciferum, All- 

 man. " Very fine, amongst a number of Zoophytes from Shetland, sent 

 me by Mr. Busk. In the bottle containing it was also the Coryne ver- 

 micularis, Hincks, and Zoanthus incrustatus, which I am glad to see you 

 recognize as a distinct species. I have taken the same view in my Devon 

 Catalogue, in a note on Cellepora edax. I do not know the precise 

 locality in which these things were found " (Hincks in litt.). 



Dicoryne conferta, Alder. Abundant on shells, especially of Aporrhais pes- 

 pelecani, dredged in 40-50 fathoms 5-7 miles off Balta, and in St. Mag- 

 nus Bay. 



Tubularia indivisa, Linn. In great abundance at low water, spring tides, in 

 the Burrafirth caves, also dredged in 50-60 fathoms. 



bellis, Allman, Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. xi. 1863, p. 12 ; Brit. 



Assoc. Rep. 1862 (1863), p. 103. " Bottom of rock-pools at extreme 

 low water, spring tides, Shetland " (Allman). 



attenuata, Allman, Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. xiv. p. 60. " Dredged 



from about 50 fathoms in the Shetland seas" (Allman). In 1867 I pro- 

 cured a Tubularia in some quantity 5-8 miles to the east of Balta, which, 

 not being able to recognize, I sent to Prof. Allman to examine. He refers 

 it to the present species, and writes : " It has certain distinctive features 

 it is true, but nothing which I regard as sufficient to separate it from 

 T. attenuata. The specimens on which I founded this species were 

 male, while your specimens are female ; and I believe that the difference 

 in the gonosome between the two forms may be sufficiently explained 

 by referring them to a difference of sex." 



coronata, Yan Ben., = T. gracilis, Harvey. Haddock-ground, Out Sker- 



ries and Unst. 



larynx, Ellis & Sol. Caves at Burrafirth, spring tides, and 5-7 miles 



east of Balta, in 40-50 fathoms, on Tubularia indivisa. 



Corymorpha nutans, Forbes & Goodsir. 5-7 fathoms in Balta Sound. 



Order CALYCOPHORIDA. 



Diphyes (? appendiculata, Eschscholtz) . A beautiful Diphyes, the nectosacs of 

 which were of a delicate rose-colour, occurred in profusion in the open 

 sea, about 30 miles N.N.W. of Unst, in July 1867. Unfortunately, as 

 I had no works with me at the time, I am unable to identify the 

 species. The rapidity in its growth was most extraordinary ; the coe- 

 nosarc of a specimen kept alive was developed nearly 3 inches in a 

 single night. 



Order PHYSOPHORIDA. 



Physophora (? borealis, Sars, BemaBrkninger over norske Ccelenterater [Yi- 

 denskabs Forh. i Christiania, 1860], p. 8). Found on the same occasion 

 with the preceding ; I much regret being unable to determine the species 

 of the first member of this very interesting order that has been observed 

 in our seas. On the only occasion on which I saw the Physophora, the 



