found on the North-east Coast of Ireland. 85 



warrant the conclusion that the Irish species is distinct from 

 the Beroe pileus, and consequently that it is now for the first 

 time, added to the British Fauna. I do not venture at present 

 to bestow on it any specific name, as it may perhaps be found 

 to be one of the six species of tentaculated heroes, included by 

 Blainville, in his Manuel d* Jcthiologie, under the generic term 

 " Cydippe." This I am unable to determine, as that author 

 gives no description of the species, but refers to the publication 

 of M. Eschscholtz, at Berlin, 1829, a work to which I have not 

 had access. 



The present paper cannot be concluded better than by some 

 extracts from the diary kept during my residence at Lame, 

 shewing the kind of weather that prevailed during the time the 

 heroes were captured. These extracts will demonstrate, that, 

 in this country, the month of May, " the rosy-footed May"'' of 

 the poets, exhibits occasionally but few of its poetical attri- 

 butes. 



From the 28th of April to the 2d of May, the wind coBt- 

 tinued northerly, and extremely stormy. Some pieces of the 

 wreck of a large vessel were thrown ashore near Ballygally 

 Head. May % Some light rain fell between 1 and 2 o'clock 

 in the day : the evening was fair and unusually mild and 

 calm : visited Island Magee, and took thirty-five heroes. The 

 time usually occupied in crossing the ferry, in fine weather, is 

 from eight to ten minutes, or from fifteen to twenty minutes 

 going over and returning. May 4 Extremely warm, the 

 mirage along all the little bays very perceptible : crossed the 

 ferry twice, taking a considerable number of heroes each time. 

 May 5, 11 A. M. A very strong gale from the south or S.SW : 

 a small cutter aground on the edge of the channel, and a brig 

 on the opposite shore : by timely assistance both vessels were 

 got off in safety : the gale increased to a storm, accompanied 

 by heavy showers, which continued with little intermission from 

 1 o'clock until 9 p. m. May 6. The storm has abated, al* 

 though the wind still continues high, and there are frequent 

 showers: crossed the ferry, using two nets both in going and 

 returning : took no Crustacea and only six heroes : two of these 

 were dead; two much broken, and two uninjured. May 7. Aa 

 the day advanced, the wind, which had fallen considerably, be- 



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