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71 
es have abounded in countless myriads, in a manner 
of them were of 
They kept at the 
rer remembered bv fishermen. All 
°’ ) t one size, 14 or 15 inches in length. 
on by other fishes. I was much amused by the 
lo ns of one that bad been left in a deep pool by the re- 
111 face over a depth of 20 or 30 fathoms, and were much 
Prey e( , - ‘ * ... 
*cti 
filing t jj e . w i ( jch actions are descriptive of the mode by 
jj" c h they contrive to suspend themselves at the surface. 
^ ' a id hold, by its tail, of a piece of loose and slender sea- 
1 e ® c *t somewhat lighter than the specific gravity of its own 
p r ' 7 ; and assuming the attitude corresponding to that re- 
j.?* e nted in the vignette to Mr. Yarrell’s account of the 
^'Ppocampi, it steered the seaweed about at pleasure, by 
“ction of its dorsal-fin; the posterior portion of its body 
"• lr,ff twisted round the weed, tlie anterior erect and free. 
OUS SHARK. Squalus Spinosus. Yar. Brit. F. 
Sl> lN 
$u 
'P-, p. 54 
r,,. 1 ’ I'" «»-*• 
stalk eyed Crustaceans the Cornish Fauna reports 67 
s; f °' es ’ *° which one or two more will be added, when their 
JOonyms are placed beyond doubt. It may be proper to 
v '«ark, that Platyonichus Plieatus (M. Edwards’ Crust., 
0 f 1 L p. 442,) has been confounded with the small specimens 
<Jj Q ?ore than one kindred species; from which it is not easily 
hpi^S'dshed, except by comparing them together. In 
however, it differs considerably ; living in deep water 
Ujj '“6 surface of which it swims in pursuit, of prey. In 
>th . 
,, ..Aspect it imitates the Nipper Crab (Polybius Hen- 
p Q ' v '0; ani i tl )0U gh so much less in size, with scarcely less 
eJVv ers. 
Testaceous Mollusks an enumeration is given in the 
f (l 'd'd part of the Cornish Fauna, and it is probable that 
s |> ^- er research will bring to light many hitherto unknown 
^^ c ieg. The following additions and remarks are added by 
^ °f supplement to the proceeding account of the shells : 
This curious mass of inter- 
ior a coral of the 
of the class which 
^ItPULA F1LOGRANA. 
°ven tubes might readily be mistaken 
e nu a Tubulipora ; but that the animal is 
y r,1| s the lubes of the Serpulaceae, has been shown iu the 
■j 0 °lo"ical Journal, by Mr. Berkt-ly. The shells are 
°sely an <| somewhat regularly interwoven, many thou- 
J* n ds together, forming a mass with many crevices and 
®shes ; the progress of the growth of which must afiord 
l| interesting subject of enquiry. My only specimen was 
00 s l |0re ‘ n St. Auslle-hay. 
th -I^IA CORONATA. Length less than an inch, of 
j, e s 'ze of a small pin ; about a fourth of the length erect, 
°uq( 1 ; t | le or jf; ce i Jav ing fixed on it a coronet having six 
a 0ln >nent equal sized teeth, placed at. regular intervals, 
11 diverging straight from the rim. Colour pale yellow. 
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