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who has lately met with it in the Frith of Forth, has ascertained 
that it produces planuloid young direct from the summit of the 
ovarian sac. This affords another proof of the difficulty of es- 
tablishing a genus from the mode of development in this tribe. 
4, A. ramosa, Van Beneden. 
Eudendrium ramosum, Van Ben. Rech. sur les Tubul. 
p- 56, t. iv. Dalyell. Rare and Rem. Anim. 
Scotl., v. 1. p. 64, t. 11. 3 
Atractylis ramosa, Wright in Edin. N. Phil. Journ., 
new ser., Vv. 1x., p. 108, t. vil., f. 1—3. Hincks 
in Ann. Nat. Hist., 3rd ser., v. vili., p. 160. 
Fine specimens of this species have been procured from the 
deep-water boats, but unfortunately in a dead state. The poly- 
pary, from its numerous branches and compound stem, has very 
much the appearance of an Hudendrium. ‘This species must not 
be confounded with the #. ramosum of Johnston, which is a true 
Eudendrium. 
6. TUBULARIA, Linneus. 
2. T. siupuex. Pl. VIII, fig. 3, 4. 
Tubularia Dumortierti, Johns. Brit. Zooph., p. 50, t. 
vii., f. 1,2. Alder in Trans. Tynes. Club, v. iii., 
p. 106. 
Polypary, a slender, smooth, unbranched tube, without an- 
nulations ; generally a little bent or angulated at inter- 
vals, and tapering towards the base ; of a horn colour, 
but appearing orange or scarlet when alive, from the 
contained animal; usually solitary and attached by a short ~ 
creeping base. Polype terminal, slender, rose-coloured ; 
the tentacles whitish, the upper circle biserial, shorter 
and less numerous than in 7’. zndivisa, the lower circle 
containing about twenty to twenty-four in a single series, 
and moderately long. Height of polypary 2 to 23 inches. 
On shells and other marine bodies from deep water, Cul- 
lercoats. 
Following the opinion of Dr. Johnston, I had formerly con- 
