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The following abbreviations are nsed : — 



A.M.N.H. — " Annals and Magazine of Natural History." 



B.M.C. — " British Museum Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa/^ 

 by Mr. Busk. 



B.M.P.— " British Marine PoJyzoa," by Mr. Hincks. 



C.P.— " ' Challenger' Polyzoa/' by Mr. Busk. 



P.Z.V. — " Prodromus of Zoology of Victoria :" '^ Polyzoa," 

 by P. H. MacGillivray. The numbers refer to plates. 



Q.J. M.S. — " Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science." 



T.R.S.V. — " Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria." 



CM.— C. Maplestone. 



H.W.— Henry Watts. 



J.B.W. — J. Bracebridge Wilson. 



The reference to friends (as J.B.W. and CM. &c.) indicate 

 that they were the first discoveries of the species which 

 in many cases have not been found by other observers. With 

 the exception of Lepralia hifrons, every species included 

 in this catalogue has been examined by myself. 



TABLE OF CLASSIFICATION. 



Class. POLYZOA. 



Sub-Class L HOLOBRANCHIA, ^ay LanTcester, 



Group A. EctOprOCta, Nitsche. 



Order I. GYMNOLiEMATA, Allman. 



( = Infundibulata, Gervais). 



Sub-Order I. CHEILOSTOMATA, Busk 



Family. Aeteid^. 

 Aetea, Lamx. 



Family. ScRUPAEiiDiE. 

 Scruparia, Oken. \ Dimetopia, Busk. 



Family. Ehabdozoid^. 



Rhabdozoum, HincTcs, 



Family. CuLiDONiiDiE. 



Chlidonia, Sav. 



