316 PRESIDENT’s ADDRESS. 
A curious little crab, Zurynome aspera, dredged by Mr. R. 
Howse, off Whitburn is new to the coast, as is another small and 
rather rare species, Hbalia Cranchit, got at the same time. 
But the most interesting discovery in this department is that 
of a burrowing Cirripede found at Cullercoats by Mr. Albany 
Hancock. ‘This little creature forms a habitation by boring 
into the substance of dead univalve shells, a habit until lately 
unobserved in this tribe. The anatomy, too, of this animal 
is curious, from its shewing a great deviation from the usual 
form of the class, and an approach to the typical crustaceans. This 
species, for which a new order and genus have had to be formed, 
is called by Mr. Hancock, Alcyppe lampas. 
The only Echinoderm met with new to the coast is the Syrin 
Harveyt, got by Mr. Howse in one of the dredging expeditions 
off Whitburn already mentioned. This species was first described 
in Forbes’s ‘British Starfishes’ from specimens found at Teign- 
mouth in Devonshire, the only habitat then known, and I am not 
aware of its having been since met with until the present time. 
In Zoophytes I have again the pleasure of alluding to the dis- 
coveries of Mr. Albany Hancock. On the excursion to the 
Northumberland lakes, two beautiful fresh-water zoophytes of 
the order Bryozoa,—a Fredericella and a Paludicella,—were 
got in Crag Lough by that gentleman. This success induced 
him to pay two more visits to the same locality, during which in 
that and Bromley Loughs, two additional species were found, 
belonging to another genus, Plumatella, as well as a specimen or 
two of what appeared to be a third Plwmatel/a, and an imperfect 
specimen of an Alcyonella. With the exception of a Pluma- 
tella found by Mr. Hogg ina rivulet near Stockton, and Alcyonella 
stagnorum got by Mr. Embleton in a pond at Howick, none of the 
freshwater Bryozoahad been previously observed in these counties. 
Thegenus Paludicella is new to England. Mr. Hancock considers 
ihree of the species undescribed, which he has named Plumatella 
punctata, Plumatella Allmani, and Paludicella procumbens. 
The other species found were Lredericella sultana and Alcyonella 
stagnorum. Along with these novelties, a beautiful little flesh- 
coloured Hydra, probably a variety of Hydra fusca, was found in 
