19IO. M'InTosh. — I}i$h Annelids in the National Musciun. 95 



NOTK ON IRISH ANNELIDS IN THE NATIONAL 



MUSEUM, DUBLIN. 



(no. II.) 

 BY PROF. W. C M'INTOSH, M.D., PH.D , F.R.vS. 



Ill the year 1896 a list' of the Irish Annelids, kiiidh' for- 

 warded for examination b\- the late Prof. Perceval Wright, 

 Prof. Haddon, and Dr. Scharff, and by the late Mr. A. G. 

 More, from the Aphroditidse to the Acoetidae was given, and 

 in the following note the species are entered as far as the 

 Ariciidae. This list is the more necessary as in a few in- 

 stances, by an accident, the Irish localities w^ere omitted in the 

 last part of the Monograph of the British Annelids published 

 by the Ray Society.^ In the following list it has been thought 

 desirable to enter all the Irish specimens examined, though 

 these were not in ever}' case sent from the National Museum in 

 Dublin. Those species entered in the former paper are not in- 

 cluded unless the locality differs. Much remains to be done in 

 regard to the distribution of known forms, and not a few new 

 species may 5^et be obtained in Irish waters. 1 his is apparent 

 from the recent interesting paper by Mr. R. Southern, B.Sc, on 

 the pelagic Ph3-llodocid8e of the coasts of Ireland. ^ 



In the groups included in the following list a complete 

 blank, fur instance, occurs in the Amphiiiomidae. Paramphi- 

 nome should be found on the southern and western shores of 

 Ireland, and the list of the Polynoidse is capable of further 

 increase. Sigalion Mathildce Aud. and Ed. may also be found 

 along with representatives of the Phyllodocidae not entered in 

 the list. Both Syllids and Nereids are also sure to reward a 

 diligent search of the rich w^aters and shores of Ireland, and 

 the same may be said of the Glyceridse aud Ariciidse. 



FAM. EUPHROSYNIDi^E. 



Spinther tniniaceus. Grube.— Belfast Lough, 7-10 fallioms; a female 



loaded with cva, in October (Prof. Gregg Wilson), 

 Euphrosyne foliosa, Audouin and Edwards. — Birlirbuy Bay, 



Conuemara, 15 fathoms (Dr. J .Gwyn Jeffreys and Prof A. C. Haddon) ; 



Aran Isles and Bay of Galway (Prof K. P. Wright). 

 Euphrosyne armadillo, Sars. — In 170 fathoms, 'Porcupine' Ivxped., 



1869, amidst sandy mud aud corals off the west coast of Ireland. 



^ Sci. Proc. A\ D. S., vol. viii., n.s., part v., No. 50. 



'' Vol. ii., part i. 



^ Fisheries^ Ireland^ Sd. /iivtsL, 1909, No. iii. 



