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and tlic front is enclosed by a raised line. 1 therefore no 

 longer identify these two. At the same time I am not prc- 

 j)ared to accept Mr. Watcrs's alternative without a more 

 careful examination of L. Poissonii tiian I am able to make 

 at present. Besides other differences, the lower margin is 

 rcj)resented in Savigny's figure as mucronate. If the Ma- 

 dciran form is ranked under Audouin's species, it must be as 

 a strongly marked variety. 



Heller's L. Kirchenpaueri Waters would refer to L. ad- 

 pressa, ]]usk. I confess I should be more inclined to recog- 

 nize it as a distinct species. The peculiar shape of the cell, 

 to which 1 have already referred, and the absence of vibracula 

 are good specific characters, which separate it from L. adpressa, 

 Busk ( = Z. lata, Busk). It is true that the latter is some- 

 times furnished with small nodular risings on each side a little 

 below the orifice *, but these never bear vibracula and have 

 no special significance. 



Ibid. (p. 13 Sep.). 

 Membranipora alhtda, sp. n. 



This species is recorded doubtfully in the * Challenger ' 

 Keport as occurring at two stations. Mr. Busk remarks that 

 the close resemblance between it and the * Challenger ' speci- 

 mens " leaves little room for doubt as to their identity," the 

 chief point of difference being the larger size of the avicularia 

 in the former. There is undoubtedly a great similarity 

 between the figures of the two forms. The position of the 

 avicularium is the same in both ; but there seem to be not 

 unimportant differences in its structure as well as in size. 

 Unfortunately the ' Challenger ' description of it is much too 

 meagre to allow of a satisfactory comparison ; but if the 

 details of the figure may be trusted, the avicularia represent 

 two different types. The question can only be settled by an 

 examination of the * Challenger ' specimens, which I have 

 not had the opportunity of making in time for this paper. 



Ibid. {p. 16 Sep.). 



Mevibranipora villosa^ sp. u. 

 Syu. ? Flusira Isabelleana, d'Orbiguy, Voyage &c. pi. viii. 

 D'Orbigny, in his ' Yoyage dans I'Am^rique mdridionale,' 

 has described a species under the name of Flustra Isahellcana, 

 whicii presents some rather striking points of resemblance to 



* ' History of Brit. Mar. Polyzoa/ p. 307, pi. x.'sxiii. iig, 6. 



