io6 The Irish Nahualist, June, 



a premature close after one scrape had been accomplislied in 

 17 fathoms. The scanty material handed over to me for 

 examination was found to include, amongst many commoner 

 species, the following, which, except where otherwise stated, 

 were dead, and represented by single examples only : — 



Trochusgramilatus, 2. Astarte triangularis (2 Hving). 



Odostomia spiraHs. Pecten striatus, i valve. 



O. insculpta. Pectunculus glycimeris, 3 valves. 



Rissoa costata. Tellina crassa, 2 valves. 



Astarte sulcata. Solen pellucidus. 



One of these, Pecten sttiattis is new for Dublin, the only 

 record for the Irish east coast, so far as I can discover, being 

 the very vague and unsatisfactory one, *' East of Ireland," 

 given in vol. ii. of Jeffreys' " British Conchology." 



July 13. — Messrs. Butler, Colgan, and Southern started 

 from Kingstown, at 8 a.m., in the fishing smack, *' Emma 

 Mary." Though a very good sailer, and equipped with a ser- 

 viceable otter trawl, the '*Emma Mary" proved sadly 

 deficient in the free deck-space without which the sorting of 

 weighty dredgings is a weariness of the flesh. A fresh breeze 

 carried us out to the North Burford buoy in threequarters of 

 an hour from the harbour mouth. Here the trawl was shot, 

 and we stood in for the Bailey Eight, a little north of which 

 our catch was brought on board about 1 1 o'clock. This haul 

 gave us, from about 14 fathoms, one fine specimen of 

 Solaster tndeca \ some twenty specimens of ^olis tricolor, 

 Aid. & Hanc, a handsome nudibranch new to Co. Dublin 

 and to East Ireland ; and single examples of three other nudi- 

 branchs, De?id?'07iotus arboresce?is, Doris bilamellata,, and Doto 

 coronata. Most of the specimens of ^olis tficolor were 

 damaged by pressure of the miscellaneous contents of the 

 trawl net, yet a few specimens were in fine condition, and 

 transferred to a jar of fresh salt water displayed their delicate 

 colouring to perfection. Whitish towards the base, the large 

 flattened papillae were tinted above with faint violet, and 

 tipped with opaque yellow. In addition to these interesting 

 nudibranchs, this haul gave us many unexpected and un- 

 welcome objects of art, including a navvy's shovel encrusted 

 with Balanus, some scrap-iron, several old boots, and a rusty 

 bucket. 



