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The new species comprise a Lumbrinereis and a boldy marked brown Atitulytus. 



Other interesting though not new species are Ilarmothoe Malmyreni, E. R. 

 liankester, Nychia cirrosa, Pallas, Siyalion ban and Mathildce, Dodecaceria concha- 

 rum, Sabella viridis, Scalibreyma injlatum, and Mwa mirabilis. 



Dr. M'Intosh exhibited some ver}' beautiful drawings of Worms to be published 

 by the E,ay Society. 



Sur les Racines Aerlfei-es ou Yessies Natatoires, la si/nonymie et la distribution 

 geoyraphique de queJqiies especes aquatiques du genre Jussicea. Par Charles 

 Martins, Frofesseur et Directeur du Jardin des Plantes de 3IontpcUier*. 



On Polliniferous Ovules in a Rose. By Dr. M. T. Masters. 

 In this paper a general review of the principal malformations to which the 

 o'\iile is subject was given, together with the details of a case wherein the ovules 

 in a rose {Hosa arrensis) presented in some degree the structm-e and functions of 

 the anther, there being present not only perfect pollen-grains, but fibrous cells 

 such as are usually met with in the anther. A somewhat similar case has been 

 recorded in a passion-flower by Mr. James Salter in the ' Linnean Transactions.' 



Notice of Dredging by the late H. P. C. MoUer, off Fair Isle, between Orhney 



and Shetland. By 0. A. L. Morch, of Copenhagen. {Communicated by 



J. GwTN Jeffreys, F.li.S.) 



Ha7is Peter Christian Mciller, the author of 'Index MoUuscorum Groenlandire,' 

 was born at Elsinore on the 2nd of Xovember 1810. "When he had finished his 

 academical studies his love for concliologj^ took him to South Greenland, the mol- 

 lusca of which he investigated in compan}' with Captain HolboU from May 1838 

 to August 1840. After his return to Denmark, he spent several years there in con- 

 chologizing and dredging. In April 1843 he made a second voyage to the arctic 

 seas as inspector for the Danish colonies in North Greenland. On his return home 

 in 1844 he went to Italy for his health ; but, being seized with a fever at Rome, 

 he died on the 11th of October 184.3, at the early age of thirty-five. All his col- 

 lections were presented by his father, Dr. T. Moller, to the University Museum at 

 Copenhagen. 



During his voyage to Greenland in 1843 he made some hauls with the dredge at 

 Fair Isle (which he called Fairliill, in accordance with an old Danish chart) ; and 

 the result may be of some interest to British conchologists. 



The following is a translation of an extract from a letter of his, dated Egedes- 

 minde, Ctli September 1843 :— " I had several times during the voyage opportunities 

 of nsing my dredge, first in the Cattegat, then between Lindesues and the Skag, 

 and close to the coast of Norway. On the 10th of May we sighted Fairhill, and 

 the same day Sumburgh Head, where we lay nearlj' two days dredging, with a calm 

 sea and a beautiful sky. Although the bottom here is exceedingly uneven, and I 

 was in continual fear of losing my dredge, I used my time well, and was fortunate 

 enough not to have any such loss. About two milesf due east of Fairhill, in sixty 

 fathoms, a haul yielded clear shell-sand, with Cardium echiuatiim, Cyprina 

 Islandica, and numerous small dead shells. About half a mile nearer Fairliill 

 another haul at about tlie same depth yielded fine shell-sand, with single valves of 

 Mactra, Venus, &c. I got four large vessels full of clay and gravel, which gave me 

 constant work until I arrived at Cape Farewell. There were many interesting- 

 species; but most of the specimens were injured, I suppose in consequence of the 

 stormy seas which are prevalent in that part." 



Moller had himself labelled most of the specimens " FairhiU ;" so that there can- 

 not be any doubt in respect of the locality where he procured the species enume- 

 rated in the following list. Those species to which an asterisk is prefixed were in 

 a box of shell-sand marked " FairhiU." Some of the species have been determined 

 and named by Mr. Jeft'reys, and have the letter (J.) affixed to them. 



* See Appendix. t The Danish mile is equal to nearly 4| English miles. — J. G, J. 



