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JLXVII. — On the British Species of the Genus 

 Beroe. 



By Dr Fleming of Flisk. 

 (Read Nov. 18. 



As none of the species of the genus Beroe have 

 hitherto found a place in the systematical works on 

 British zoology, any information concerning their 

 occurrence in our seas, cannot fail to be acceptable 

 to those who are investigating the physical and geo- 

 graphical distribution of animals, or who are desir- 

 ous of extending the limits of our native Fauna *« 

 The Beroe which forms the subject of the present 

 communication, was found a few days ago in the 

 Frith of Tay, in a pool left by the tide. It was in 



* In reference to the British Fauna, I may here men- 

 tion, that I have lately found, in this neighbourhood, the 

 Hirudo tessidata and //. lincata of Muller, Hist. Verm. 

 173. and 169. 



