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Cylichna alha, Brown. 



Volvaria alba, Brown, 111. Conch. G. B. & I. pi. xxviii. f. 43, 44 (1827). 



St. No. 3 (Feilden). 



Kecent and FossiL. See Ann. Xat. Hist., April 1877, 

 p. 333. In the ' Porcupine ' Expedition of 1869 it was 

 dredged between the Hebrides and Faroes in 114 fms. ; and in 

 the expedition of 1870 a closely allied species, if more than a 

 variety, came from depths of 227 and 539 fms. in the Bay of 

 Biscay. Arctic Exp., 5^ fms. (Feilden). 



CCELENTERATA. 



ACTINOZOA. 



I am informed by Dr. Moss that Capt. Feilden found in 

 the mud-bank at Blackclitf Bay several specimens of the 

 corallum or axis of a species of Pennatulay about six inches in 

 length. 



PROTOZOA. 



FORAMINIFEEA. 



Cornuspira foliacea^ Philippi. 

 Orbis /(diaceus, Phil. Faun. Moll. Sic. vol. ii. p. 147, t. xxiv. f. 2o. 



St. No. 3 (Feilden). 



Recent. Catania (Philippi) : X. Atlantic (J. G. J.). 

 Fossil. Palermo (Philippi) : Lincolnshire and Cambridge- 

 shire Fen-clays (Parker and Jones). 



CRYPTOGAMIA. 

 Marine Alg.e. 



Mehhesia polymorpJiaj Linn^. 



Millepora pohjmoi-pha, L. S. N. eJ. xii. p. 1285. 



St. No. 12 (Feilden). 



Recent. All the coasts of tlie N. Atlantic (including 

 Greenland), and probably a much more extensive area of the 

 ocean. 



In connexion with the present communication I would take 

 tlie opportunity of making a few remarks on Mr. Edgar 

 Smith's list of the recent Mollusca procured by the Naturalists 

 of the Arctic Expedition. 



