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there; and a careful search on my own part, during six weeks sojourn, failed to 
discover it—a fact the more singular as a great part of the district is bog, in the 
pools in which, in some of the neighbouring counties, the smooth-tailed stickle¬ 
back is plentiful; neither could I find the minnow there, though both perch and 
trout abound ; and in Loughgraney I was told bream were found ; but I did not 
see any myself. In my former notes on this fish I gave a list of the fishes of the 
Dodder. To these I may now add the dace (Leuciscus vulgaris), which has lately 
been introduced into the ponds connected with the river, into which latter they will 
probably eventually find their way. 
Mr. Andrews said that every fact of interest bearing upon new features in the 
natural history of animals and plants were useful records, and it was the principle 
of this society, in all its scientific inquiries, to connect every information of prac¬ 
tical importance. At a recent meeting Mr. Andrews had given a review of the 
harbour fish of the south-west coast, among which he had mentioned several 
species that were considered extremely rare, and of local occurrence on the coasts 
of Great Britain. He now exhibited specimens that frequented the harbours 
of Dingle and Yentry, and among them were fine specimens of the red mullet 
—Mullus surmuletus. No branch required more practical investigation than that 
of our marine ichthyology; and the numerous opportunities that Mr. Andrews 
had of forming accurate notes, proved to him that much additional information 
had been obtained of the marine fish of this country, beyond what had been 
noticed in Mr. Yarrell’s work on British fishes. He had every respect for Mr. 
Yarrell, and considered his book a valuable reference; still, however, species 
had been described upon too slight grounds, Mr. Yarrell, probably, not having 
had the opportunity of examining recent specimens, or of being supplied with 
information of sufficient accuracy. The Labridse, or Wrasses, present very varied 
features of markings and form, which have led to the describing of one species 
under those of Crenilabrus Tinea, C. Cornubicus, and C. Gibbus. Mr. Andrews 
had obtained numerous specimens in Dingle harbour, at different seasons, in all 
stages of growth, and he was perfectly satisfied that those several species could not 
be separated from that of C. Tinea Mr. Andrews exhibited a fine specimen of 
C. Tinea, with the black spot at the termination of the lateral line, at the base of 
the caudal fin, and which Mr. Yarrell considered to be the constant and distin¬ 
guishable characteristic of C. Cornubicus. A small specimen of C. Tinea had 
also the same mark, and specimens possessing all the characteristics of C. Cornu¬ 
bicus were destitute of that mark. Mr. Andrews considered that the black mark 
was not strictly peculiar to either the character of C. Tinea or of C. Cornubicus, 
but was occasionally present or absent in both. This species is very plentiful in 
Dingle and Yentry harbours. It was named Cornubicus as local on the coast of 
Cornwall. The habits of these several named species are the same. Mr. Andrews 
also exhibited specimens of Crenilabrus Microstoma, taken in Dingle harbour. 
The Crenilabri, are separated from the Labri by the pectinated or toothed 
character of the preoperculum. 
Dr. Kinahan exhibited a plant of Scol. vulgare (var. marginatum ), found by 
him at Tinnehinch, county Wicklow, March 2, 1854, its first record as Irish. 
This variety (first discovered in England by Sir W. C. Trevelyan) is remarkable 
for having the epidermis on the back of the frond raised into a membraneous ridge 
or tuck, running in a wavy line along it, at some little distance from the edge of 
the frond; the fronds are scolloped and serrated along the edges, the sori either 
continuous over the ridge to the edge of the frond or stopping at it, when we find a 
second set of sori arising outside the hem ; or, thirdly, the sori are only produced 
external to the hem. The form is further remarkable for having several modifica¬ 
tions—firstly, that under consideration ; secondly, a form named bimarginatum , in 
which there is a hem on both faces of the frond; thirdly, a form named suprali- 
neum , where the hem exists only on the upper surface of the frond; and, fourthly, 
in a form named duhium by its discoverer, G. B. Wollaston, Esq., by whom it 
was raised from seed, in which we find the free margin running along a frond 
with multifid apices. In all these forms we find an irregularly serrated margin to 
the fronds, showing that probably the deficiency of the substance at the edge of 
the frond and of the epidermis; or, taking another view of the case, the irregular 
