.ito\\»0 Prof. E, Forbes on Spadix purpurea. 31 Order PSEUDOPHIDIA. Fam. C^ciLiiD^. Genus Ichthyophis. Ichthyophis glutinosus, Gray. Since the publication of ' Prod. Faunae Zeylanicee/ we have collected several large and small specimens near rivulets on the hills of Kaduganava, Kandyan Province. They are generally seen crawling on mud after rain. They feed on small earth-worms. We have not yet succeeded in securing a " tadpole " of this rep-tile. The pale lines seen in specimens preserved in spirits are of a pale yellow colour in fresh specimens, very distinctly marked even in young animals. IV. — Note on Spadix purpurea, Gosse. By Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S. &c. I TAKE some blame to myself for not having two months ago called attention to the fact that this most curious and interesting creature, or one very near it, had already received a generic and specific denomination from the illustrious Sars. Before Mr. Gosse published his account of it, that excellent naturalist kindly sent me a specimen, which accidentally arrived in a bad state for ex-amination. I recognised, however, its probable identity with a curious zoophyte found by Mr. Cocks and Mr. Alder, and of which I had a good outline drawing in my possession, sent me by Mr. Alder in 1847. Unfortunately its discoverers delayed publishing any account of it. In a valuable paper by Sars, entitled " Beretning om en i Sommeren 1849 foretagen zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Fin-marken," published I believe originally in the ' Christiania Journal ' (though, having only a separate copy, I cannot speak to the exact date), is the following generic description, among his list of Polypes of the group of Anthozoa (p. 14) : — " Myriothela ardica, S., nov. genus et sp. (a fivpco^, innume-rabilis, et OrjXr}, papilla). Character generis : Animal solitarium, nudum, cylindraceum, affixura, superne tentaculis numerosis brevibus sparsis apice globoso, ore terminali; inferne gemmis globosis breviter pedicellatis, racematim coacervatis.'' Then follows a brief remark in Norwegian on its distinctions from Coryne and Syncoryna ; and the statement that it was found at Tromso in a depth of from 20 to 30 fathoms, attached to a stone with Sertularice. It is enumerated in his list between Hydractinea carnea and Syncoryna ramosa.
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