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A COENISn FAUNA. 
This species is widely dispersed and very common in I)evon- 
shiie and Cornwall. 
In former times it was highly reputed for its supposed medicinal 
virtues, and was inserted as a medical agent in the older hooks 
of Materia Meiica. Though discarded from the Pharmaoopceia, it 
is still taken medicinally in some parts of Somersetshire. 
ENTOMOSTRACOUS CRUSTACEA. 
08TRAC0BA. 
The following species were dredged off the Cornish coast, and 
Pontoeypris 
mytiloides 
Norman. 
}> 
trigonella . . 
G. 0. Sars. 
angusta 
Brady. 
Bairdia 
inflata 
Norman. 
acanthigera 
Brady. 
Cythere 
pellucida . . 
Baird. 
JJ 
tenera 
Brady. 
hadia 
Brady. 
convexa . . 
Baird. 
finmarchica 
Sars. 
villtosa 
Sars. 
J) 
emaciata . . 
Brady. 
semipunctata . . 
Brady. 
cuneiformis 
Brady. 
)7 
antiquata . . 
Baird. 
7) 
jonesii 
Baird. 
77 
acerosa 
Brady. 
Eucythere 
parva 
Brady. 
Loxoconcha 
impressa . . 
Baird. 
77 
guttata 
Norman. 
77 
tamajoindus 
Jones. 
Xestoleheris 
aurantia . . 
Baird. 
Cytherura 
angulata . . 
Brady. 
77 
cuneata 
Brady. 
