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fast Bay (bottom shelly sand), attached to large bivalve shells of various 

 species, the true " dead man's hands," or " dead man's toes," the first time 

 that I remember to have seen it from our N. E. coast. All the other spe- 

 cimens that I have seen — -and they are very commonly taken everywhere 

 by dredging — were the orange-coloured variety or species, which Avas like- 

 wise taken to-day. All of the innumerable specimens of this latter that I 

 have seen were of an orange colour, they were also in form when large 

 much more attenuated and irregularly branched than the true form ob- 

 tained to-day. This is just the colour of dead men's hands and toes. 

 An examination should be made, as to whether they be of the same 

 species. 



Couch's Al. sanguineum is of this form, of the orange variety common 

 here ; his A. digitatum of the other. See his pi. 13, for both. 



A. fflomeratunv, Hassall. 

 Dublin Bay, Dr. Hassall. 



Genus Sarcodictyon. 

 S. catenata, Forbes. 

 Dredged in deep water at Youghal, Dr. Ball. 



Feb. 1848. — On a stone dredged off Whitehead, County Antrim, at base 

 of a mass of Tnhularia indicisn. A few individuals only, and not joined 

 or catenated. Roundstone, Mr. M'Calla. 



ORDER HELIANTHOIDA. 



Genus Turbinolia. 

 T. milletiana, Defrance. 



This species, only known as fossil until Mr. M'An^kew dredged it alive 

 off the coast of Cornwall in the spring of 1845, was obtained by similar 

 means off the Isles of Ai*ran (Galway Bay) in the summer of that year by 

 Mr. Barlee. • 



Since this note was taken, the Irish station has been published in the 

 2nd edit, of Johnston's " Zoophytes." 



Genus Caryophyllia. 

 C. Smithii, Stokes. 



A few specimens were procured at Youghal, by I\Iiss Ball, in April, 

 1836, and subsequently — diameter of the largest 7^ lines. 



Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Dr. Ball. 



Nov. 1849. — Mr. T. W. Warren showed mo a quantity of these (part of 

 half a pint), and gave me some of them, which were l)rouglit him about 

 four years ago by a fisherman from the Nymph liank, wlience Dr. Ball 

 had them in 1819. 



Genus Corynactis. 

 C. riridis, Allman. 

 Crook Haven, Co. Cork. Prof Allman. 



