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Family — Yirgulaeiid^. 

 Virgularia mirabilis, Lamarck, 

 i., . . iv., . . 



i. [North coast (ThomxDSon '44a) : Belfast Lough and Bangor 



(Thompson, '56) : Carrickfergus (Dublin Mus.). 

 iv. Ballybunion (Andrews '70) : Kenmare River, 40 fms. ; Bantry 

 Bay, 36 fms., coll. R.I.A. Exp. 1885 (Haddon '86a) : Glengariff, 

 S. Y. Argo " Cruise (Herdman '91). 



Svava glacialis, var. alba (Koren and Danielssen). 

 . . . iv., . . 



iv. Porcupine" Exp. 1869. 51° 51'— 11° 50', 100 fms. (Marshall 

 and Eowler '88). 



ZOANTHARIA. 



Family — Cerianthid.!:, 

 Cerianthus lloydii, Gosse. 

 . . . iv., . . 



iv. Smerwick Harbour (C. ? lloydii^ Andrews '70); Valencia 

 (Gamble '96). 



Arachnactis bournei, Eowler. Arachnactis alhida, Sars (in part). 

 Arachiactis lloydii^ Van Beneden. 



. . . iv., . . 



iv. South-west of Ireland (Bourne '90, sub A. allida) : Valencia Har- 

 bour (Browne 1900 ; see also G. H. Fowler in Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1897, p. 805). 



Van Beneden ('91 and '97) refers all Bourne's Irish specimens to 

 the species lloydii^ and considers that they are the larvae of Cerianthus 

 lloydii^ Gosse. 



Arachnactis albida, Sars (in part). 

 . . . iv., . . 



iv. Valencia Harbour (Browne 1900; see also Fowler in Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1897, p. 803). 



