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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 
thaJ 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 was 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. glomeratum , 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 Tubularia indivisa. 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‘Andrew dredged it alive 
off the coast of Cornwall in the spring of 1845, was obtained by similar 
means off the Isles of Arran (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 Miss Ball, in April, 
1836, and subsequently — diameter of the largest 7'£ lines. 
Bundoran, Co. Donegal, Dr. Ball. 
Nov. 1849. — Mr. T. W. Warren showed me a quantity of these (part of 
half a pint), and gave me some of them, which were brought him about 
four years ago by a fisherman from the Nymph Bank, whence Dr. Ball 
had them in 1819. 
Genus CORYNACTIS. 
C. viridis, Allman. 
Crook Haven, Co. Cork, Prof. Allman. 
