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until the complete extrication was concluded, a space of from one and 

 a half to two minutes elapsed. 



There is literally but little exaggeration in the concluding sentence 

 of the quotation from 'the Edinburgh.' If not ^^ covered'''' with the 

 " filmy skins of the gay Ephemerae," I had at least several scores, if 

 not hundreds, attached to me ; many of them so firmly, that they still 

 hung on when I reached home, having walked a mile, and part of the 

 way through a plantation. 



June 16. — I was by the Whitadder. There were clouds of the same 

 insect, but not so dense as on the previous evening. 



June 17. — By the Tweed. Not one to be seen. 



June 18. — By the Whitadder; but not out so late. Two or three 

 only. And on dates subsequent to this, a few seen occasionally. 



J. C. Atkinson. 



Hulton, Berwick-on-Tweed, 

 July 1, 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of Echinodermata in Northumberland.* 



Comatula rosacea. I obtained one speci- Solaster endica. Common. 



men in the summer of 1841, from papposa. Common. 



deep water in Embleton bay : it is, Goniaster equesfris. I obtained a beautiful 



as far as I know, the only specimen specimen last summer, which is now 



obtained on the east coast, and is now in my possession ; it was taken in 



in my possession. the bay, about eight miles south of 



Ophiura texturata. Frequent. Embleton. It answers so complete- 



alhida. Not uncommon. ly, both as to size and markings, to 



Ophiocoma neglecta. Rare. the description in Mr. Forbes's beau- 



granulata. Common. tiful work, that any one would be- 



hellis. Ditto. lieve it had been taken from my spe- 



Goodsiri. A specimen of this cimen. 



species I extracted from a mass of Asterias aurantiaca. Common, 



corallines and stones from deep wa- Luidia fragillissima. Rare, 



ter in Embleton bay, in 1842; it ad- Echinus sphcer a. Very common, 



hered to the lines employed in deep- Echinocyamus pusillus. Frequent, 



sea fishing for ling, halibut &c. Spatangus purpureus. Very rare on this 



rosula. Common. coast, the only specimen I have seen 



Uraster rubens. Common. being the one now in my possession, 



violacea. Less common. and obtained last year. 



Cribella oculata. Common. Amphidotus cordatus. Very plentiful. 



— Robert Embleton; Embleton, February 27, 1843. 



* Communicated by Professor Edward Forbes. 



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