152 REPORT — 1861. 



The Edrioplitlialniia new to Britain ■^hich •were discovered consist of Q^diceros 

 jmrvnnanm (Spence Bate, ii. sp.), the genus also new to Britain ; Bexamine fcmii- 

 cornis (l\i\i\ike) \ Li/Jcborr/ia Shctlandica (Spence Bate, n.sp.); Kroyera cdtamarina 

 (Spence Bate, u. sp. ) ; Gdliope Finr/cdli ( Spence Bate, n. sp.) ; Amjyhitho'e alboma- 

 nda (EaoTcr) ; SiphonocccUis iyfictis (Kroyer) ; Dcxamine Tcdlomensis (Spence Bate, 



n. sp.) ; Mif/mnocra ; Heisclados loin/icavda (Spence Bate, u. sp.), a new genns 



differing from AmjdiUhc'e in having only one branch to the List pair of pleopoda ; 

 and Sopjrns Gahdluw (Spence Bate, n. sp.). 



The anther also ga'\'e an account of the other rare Crastacea — Podophthalmia, 

 Edriophthaliuia, and Entoniostaaca (including tish-parasites) — -which were met 

 with. 



]Mr. Norman next proceeded to notice the Echinodennata, and stated that foi-ty- 

 seven species were found. The rarer of these were — Comatida rosacea (Link) and 



Sarsii (Lovi^n) ; Ophitaa , n. sp. ; Ophiocoma Goodsiri (Forbes) andjilifm-mis 



(Miiller) ; Ojihiopeltis sccurifjcra (Yon Diiben and Koren) ; Astcrias , perhaps 



distinct from awantiaca, having shorter aims, less flattened spines on the under 

 sm-ftice, and fewer tubercles on the margin than in the ordiuarj' fomi ; it was 

 dredged in gi'eat abundance sixty miles from land in 70-90 fathoms ; Echimis vircns 

 rVon DUb. aiid Ivor.), Fleminf/ii (Ball), nefihdns (Lamarck), and Korvcgiais (Yon 

 Diib. and Ivor.), the Inst veiy abinidant on the Outer Haaf ; Cidan's pfipilhda (Lesike), 

 spines only; Ampltidotm oi-aftis (Leske); Srissiis h/rifcr (Forbes); Cummaria 

 frondosa (Gunner) und fiicicola (Forbes and Goodsir)?; Psoliis jdiantapus (L.); 

 Oauis hnnincus (Forbes) and hutcKs (Forbes and Goodsir) ; Thymic raplmmts (Yon 

 Diib. and Kor.) ; Synapta diyifata (3Iontagu), a ■\-inous purple vaiiety frouiTOfathoms; 

 Fhascolosoma radicda (Alder), and two or three species of Sipvncidiis. 



The Zoophytes were next passed in review. The author stated that fifty-nine 

 Bolyzoa and fifty-three Hydjrozoa and Actinozoa were obsened. Among the former 

 were — Onchopora lorealis (Busk) ; CeUidaria Peachii (Busk) ; Membra nipora 

 Flcminyii (Busk), Rossclii (Audoum), and rhynchota (Busk), and an undescribed 

 species ; Lcpralia conciniia (Busk), riolacea var. cruoda, pmictata (Hassall), yrani- 

 fcra (.Johnst.), ximcornis (Flem.) v.nr., and moiwdon (Busk) ; Ahjsidota Aldcri (Busk); 

 Tuhdqjora tnoicata (Jameson) ; Idmoma Athmtica (Forbes) ; together -with a Ccllc- 

 pora, a Horncra, and an Alecto not yet determined. Of Ilydi'ozoa there were — C'ltiva 

 mtdticonii-i (.Tohnst.) and conica (^Yright) ; an undescribed Hydractinia, wh"'cli Mr. 

 Alder has also taken at Cullercoats ; an undotenuined yi6-«cty//s; Coryne imjdcxa 



(Alder) ; Fudoidrium , n. sp. ; Tubidaria fircicilis (Ilai-vey), variety; Sertidaria 



tciiella (Alder), 6V/y(' (Lamx.), yracilis (Ilassall), alata (llmcks), innasta- (Ell. and 

 Sol.), and iainarisra (L.) ; riuimdaria wyn'opJiyJhnn (h.) and fndcscois (Ell. and 

 Sol.) ; Laoiiicdea Jlcxuosa (Hincks) and Loveni (.Vllman) ; Campamdaria Johnstmn 

 (Aider) ; CaltccUa yracilUma fAldcr) ; Ectiadaria serpens (Hassall) ; and Gram- 

 inaria ramosa (Alder). Among the Actinozoa were — TeaL'a diyitata (Miill.), which 

 was abundant on shells of Fusi (aidiquus, yracilis, prnpi lupiiis, and Xorvcyicus), 

 and on Buccinum Dalei on the Outer Ha;if, in from 70-80 fathoms water; Zoantlws 

 Concliii (J ohnst.), the simple attached and also the free branching state ; the splendid 

 Ulocyatlats arctiais (Snis) in 65 fathoms sand. Outer Ilaaf ; Caryophyllea S>nithii 

 (Flem.) vai". [the Tnrhinolia lorealis (Flem.)]; renmdnla phospJtcrea (L.); Virgu- 

 hiria miretbilis (L.), and Sarcodicfyon cutenaia (Forbes). 



AYith reference to the Sponges, the author remarked that a considerable number 

 had been collected, especial attention having been paid to the small encrusting 

 fonns, and that they had been placed in Dr. Bowerbanks hands for examination 

 and description. 



On the Cervical and Lumbar Vertcbrce of the Mole (Talpa EuropsDa, L.). 

 By Professor 0\ven, 3LD., LL.D., F.li.S. 



Few of our native fiuadnipeds have had their osteolog;s' more frequently described 

 and studied than the common mole, by reason of the singular and extreme modi- 

 fications of certain parts of the skeleton, and their readily recognizable adaptation 

 to the peculiai- sphere and habits of life of the animal. The author had not anti- 

 cipated, therefore, in making a recent scrutiny of the skeleton, finding anything 

 worth special notice that had not been noticed before, and could scaa'cely persuade 



