BIMACULATED SUCKER. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYCH. 



CYCLOPTERWX. 



THE BIMACULATED SUCKER. 



Lepidogaster bimacnlatus, Bimaculated Sucker, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 190, sp. 72. 



Cyctopterus 



Lepidogaster 



PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 182, 



pi. 25. 



DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 78. 

 MONTAGU, Linn. Trans, vol. vii. 



p. 293. 

 JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 



470, sp. 158. 



THIS very distinct species was first described by Pennant 

 from a specimen sent him by the Duchess of Portland, which 

 was taken at Weymouth. It has since been taken by Mr. 

 Donovan on the coast of Kent ; by Professor Henslow at 

 Weymouth ; by Colonel Montagu in Devonshire, and at 

 two different localities in Cornwall, Polperro and Penzance. 

 It has also been taken by Mr. William Thompson of Belfast, 

 when dredging in deep water for shells on the eastern and 

 western coasts of Ireland. 



Colonel Montagu obtained it by deep dredging at Torcross, 

 adhering to stones and old shells, and kept some specimens 

 alive for a day or two in a glass of sea-water. 



