558 NOTES ON THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA AND FISH-FOOD 



DABS. 



(Pleuronectes limanda.) 

 Start Bay. — Ten fish were examined, of which five were over 8 inches 

 in lenj^th. 



1'OLYCH.ETA. 

 Fragments iu one. 



ECHINODERMA. 

 Ophiura ciliaris. In four. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Eupaguriis sp. ? In three. 

 Portu7ms sp. ? In four. 

 Crab fragments. In one. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Syndosmya alba. In one. 

 Madra solida. In one. 

 Pedcn opercularis. In two. 

 Lamellibranch fragments. In one. 

 Philine aperta. In one. 

 Loligo media (?). In one. 



PISCES. 

 Ammodytes sp. ? In one. 



TOKBAY. — Seventeen fish examined, ten of which were under 8 inches 



in length. 



ECHINODERMA. 



Ophiura ciliaris. In two. | Ediinus sp. ? Fragments in one. 



POLYCHiETA. 

 Nephthys sp. 1 In one. I Fragments in two. 



Sabella pavonina. In one. | 



CRUSTACEA. 



Euparjurus sp. ? In one. I Portunus sp. ? In one. 



Portunus holsatus. In one. | Amphipod. In one. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Solen sp. 1 In two. I Gardimn sp. ? In one. 



Syndosmya alba. In one. | Philine aperta. In one. 



"Hitches" off Torbay. — Eight fish examined 7| to 10 inches in 



length. 



CCELENTERATA. 



Sagartia ? sp. ? Six of the dabs examined had been feeding on a small anemone, 

 somewhat resembling Sagartia viduata, but they were too much digested to 

 identify with any certainty. As many as fifty were counted in one stomach. 



POLYCHiETA. 



Nephthys sp. ? In one. ] Fragments. In one. 



CRUSTACEA. 



Eupagurus sp. 1 In two. | Portunus sp. ? In two. 



MOLLUSCA. 



Philine aperta. In one. I ^olis sp. ? In one. 



Turritella communis. Shell in one. | 



In the thirty-five fish examined, the following were present in 10 % 

 or more of the stomachs : — Portunus sp. var. (22 %), Sagartia ? sp. ? 

 (16 %), Ophiura ciliaris (16 %), Eupagurus sp. ? (16 %), Polychsete 

 remains (11 %). 



