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Biichanaii-Wollaston on these interestins: creatures is there- 

 fore of considerable value. Twenty-one species were obtained 

 in the Ivarne district, some of them being new to the Irish 

 fauna, and one variet}^ viz. : Polycarpa cojuaia, var. nnx, new 

 to science. 



MoLi<UvSCA. — The sea-slugs (nudil)ranch molluscs) obtained 

 on the eastern and southern trawling grounds of Ireland are 

 described b}' Mr. Farran, among them two species, viz. — 

 EoIidieUa A /defi and Atnphorina glotfensis new to the Irish list. 



Two groups of free-swimming Molluscs, the so-called 

 " Pteropoda" and ^' Heteropoda," which largel}^ form food for 

 fishes, are the subject of a report by Miss Mass3\^- Strange to 

 sa}^ no pteropods had ever been recorded before from the east 

 coast of IrelQud. Miss Mass}' now^ gives us a list of seventeen 

 species, including Clione gracilis^ new to science, and seven 

 others not hitherto recorded from the British and Irish marine 

 area. 



The same author also deals '^•' with another group of Molluscs, 

 the Cuttle-fish, or Cephalopoda. Miss Massy does not specially 

 allude to the fact that Mr. Nichols had embodied all Irish 

 records previous to 1900 in his •' List of Marine Mollusca of 

 Ireland," and that his paper therefore forms the basis for 

 future researches. She refers to the paper in the list of refer- 

 ences, but it would have facilitated future Irish workers if an 

 allusion to it had appeared in the introduction, and if the 

 names he adopts had been placed under each species. Nine 

 species, including one new to science, are apparently addi- 

 tions to Mr. Nichols' list. The preliminary notice on two 

 new species had already been alluded to in the hish Naturalist, 

 vol. xvii., p. 24. All that need be added is that the name of 

 Polypus Nonnani has had to be withdrawn in favour of P. 

 piscatoruni. 



^' Farrax, (t. p. — Xudibranchiat Mollusca of the trawling grounds 

 of the east and south coasts of Ireland. Fisheries, L-e/aud, Sei. Imest. 

 1907, vi. [1909]. 



^2 Massy, A. L.— The Pteropoda and Heteropoda of the coasts of Ireland. 

 Fisheries, Ireland^ Set. Invest.^ I907- ii- [^909]- 



13 Massy, A. L. — The Cephalopoda Dibranchiata of the coasts of 

 Ireland. Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invest., 1907, i. [1909]. 



