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Nucula. cancellata Jeffreys. 



Nucvla rdiculala Jeffreys, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1876, p. 429; Proc. Zool. Soc. 



LoDdoQ, for 1879, p. 583, \)\. 4G, fig. 7, (name preoccupied by Hinds). 

 Nucula cancellata Jeffreys, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, for 1881, p. 951. 



This species occurred in great abiiiulaiice at station 2076, N. lat. 41° 

 13', W. long. 66° 00' 50", in 906 fathoms (No. 34,76.5), and station 

 2084, N. lat. 40° 16' 50", W. long. 67° 05' 15", in 1290 fathoms (No. 

 34,860), one thousand specimens, living. Tt also occurred in less 

 numbers at stations 2035, in 1362 fathoms; 2037, in 1731 fathoms; 

 2038, in 2033 fathoms ; 2043, in 1467 fathoms, 2052, in 1098 fathoms ; 

 2072, in 858 fathoms (one dead); 2096, in 1451 fathoms; 2102, in 

 1209 fathoms; 2103, in 1091 fathoms. 



Off the European coast, it was taken by the Porcupine and Valor- 

 ous Expeditions, in 420 to 1470 fatlioms, and by the Challenger 

 Expedition, oif the Azores, in 1000 to 1100 fathoms. 



Glomus nitens Jeffreys. 



Jeffreys, Mollusca Valorous Exped., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 187G, p. 43.3; Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, for 1879, p. 573, pL 45, fig. 5. 



Station 2041, N. lat. 39° 22' 50", W. long. 68° 25', in 1608 fathoms, 

 one dead specimen. 



This species was taken by the Porcupine Expedition, in the North 

 Sea, in 567 fathoms; oif the coast of Ireland, in 1180 to 1476 

 fathoms, and at station 9, in 1750 fathoms. 



Limopsis cristata Jea"reys. 



Jeffreys, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Nov. 187G, p. 434; Proc. Zool. Soc. Loudon, for 

 1879, p. 585, pi. 46, fig. 8. 



Station 2048, N. lat. 40° 02', W. long. 68° 50' 30", in 547 fathoms, 

 two valves. 



These specimens have been compared by me with tyj^es in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Jeffreys at the National Museum. They appear to 

 agree in all the essential characters. 



It was taken, off the coast of Europe, by tlie Porcupine and Valor- 

 ous Expeditions, in 292 to 1095 fathoms ; and by Travailleur Expedi- 

 tion, in the Bay of Biscay, in 341 to 1693 fathoms. 



