1904. 



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FURTHER CA.PTURES OF MYvSIS REEICTA 



IN IREEAND. 



BY W. F. DK V. KANE, M.A., DI,. 



I HAVE to auiiounce the discovery, in June last, of a third 

 Irish locality for Mysis 7-elicta, Eoven, when dredging in 

 Eough Corrib &t a depth of from no feet to 132 feet, at the 

 Cong end of the lake, off Coagh Island. The specimens were 

 small in size- and not plentiful, the largest haul being fourteen. 

 I tried various lesser depths in vain. The bottom was 

 generally soft mud, but the successful dredging was done on 

 gravel, or stiff mud strewed with some stones. In Eough 



Fig. I. '^Awhx^'o oi Mysis reliita. Early stage. Magnified. 

 Froui brood pouch of female. Lough Erne. February 1 1, 1904. 



Neagh, on the other hand, my experience has been different, 

 a bottom of hard sand and gravel in July proving unproduc- 

 tive, the animal only occurring on the mud. Nevertheless, I 

 am told by Mr. R. Welch that in the early summer he found 

 gravel the most productive ground in the northern end of 

 that lake. But I have had similar experiences in Eough 

 Erne throughout the summer, and so late as the 30th of 

 November, finding mud the most profitable, both in shallow 

 waters and in the deepest soundings. It is evident, therefore, 



