1896.] Gambi^k. — A Zoological Expedition to Co. Kerry. 133 



the most characteristic Nudibranchs. Church Island, how- 

 ever, is the best locality for shore-collecting, particularly at 

 the lowest spring tides. Myriothela is again abundant, Hali- 

 clystus atcrimla clusters on the Zostera-h^^% and Caryophyllia 

 Smithii occurs under stones. The Polyclad Turbellaria occur- 

 ring on the opposite side of the harbour are here also, and 

 in greater numbers, together with Nemertes Neesii, Cephalothrix 

 biocidata and the other Nemertea. Acanthodoris pilosa and 

 aspera^ JoruJina Johnstoni, Favorinus albus and Pleurobfanchus 

 phimula again occur, with many of their congeners. The 

 Annelids Polymnia nebulosa, Lanice conchilega and Siphonostoma 

 diplochcetos are fairly abundant. I^astly, there exists here a 

 rich Echinoderm fauna which we did not thoroughly examine. 

 Holothuria 7iigra, Cucwnayia cucumis, Ocnus brunfieus and 

 O. lacteus were some of the more obvious forms. 



Very different from this fauna is that inhabiting the muddy 

 shore of I^ough Mark, which is largely a submerged peat-bog. 

 In the wood a species of Pholas burrows, and the Gephyrea 

 Thalassema Neptuni and Phascolosovia te7iuicinctuni, McCoy 

 { = Ph. elongatum, Keferstein) are present in the peat; the last, 

 which was found originally by McCoy on this Q.o2.^\,{Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist, vol. xv., 1845) being very plentiful. Lamellidoris 

 bilamellata was found here accompanied by very large speci- 

 mens of Facelhia coronata (spawning) and one or two other 

 Eolids, including a stranded specimen oi Lomanotus Gejiei, two 

 inches long. Nympho7i gallicum, Hoek (male with eggs), was 

 the most interesting Pantopod. It is a southern form and 

 was first described by Hoek from the coast of Brittany.^ In a 

 patch of gravel off Reenglass Point, the purple urchin {Str. 

 lividus) occurs. On the shore of the Caher river at Ballycar- 

 bery Castle, Myxicola infundibulum is plentiful. It may be 

 mentioned that this is a locality for Btifo calamita, the 

 Natterjack Toad. 



Turning now to the fauna obtained by dredging, it must be 

 premised that as we only had the use of a rowing boat and 

 were not able to dredge effectually outside the harbour, the 

 results were in many hauls not unlike those of shore-collecting 

 at low-springs. We discovered, however, two banks of shells 



1 Hoek, Arch. Zool. Expt. et Gen. ix: i88r, p. 445. See also Carpenter, 

 •' Pycnogonida of Irish Coasts." Proc. Roy. Dub. Soc, vol. vii. (n.s.) pt.ii. 

 1893. 



