APPENDIX 
I. THE CHARACTER OF THE FAMILIES AND GENERA 
PROPOSED IN THIS CATALOGUE. 
Fam. CAMPANULARIADiE, p. 83. ' , 
CONCHELLA, p. 88. ' 
Coral closely interwoven, resembling a loose-textured sponge ; ; 
fibres not rugged ; cells bell-shaped. Tentacles 8, rarely 10.^ 
Larva is a planula.” Daly ell. I 
4. CoppiNiA, Hassall, MSS. p. 88. J 
" Pol}'pidom parasitic, hirsute; cells elongate, tubular, mostly | 
curved, arising out of the angle of junction of ascending or | 
basal cells, and the apertures of which are frequently covered | 
with a lid or operculum, which is itself perforated by a small 
tubular orifice.” — Hassall, MSS. 
1. CoppiNiA mirabilis. ■ 
Coppinia mirabilis, Hassall, MSS. j 
a. Coast of Dublin, 1842. Presented by A. H. Hassall, Esq. ; 
Class V. POLYZOA, p. 91. 
Order I. CARNOSA. ! 
The polypes covered with a fleshy envelope uniting together inw 
a fleshy poly pidom. 
Fam. 1. Alcyonidiad^e, p. 91. 
Polypidom spongy, fleshy, polymorphous ; polype cell irregularly 
(hsposed with a contractile aperture: no external ovarian' 
capsules. 
