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LEPTOPODIAD^. 



tioned " a specimen dredged in Clifton Bay, Connemara, 

 by Mr. Forbes and INIr. Hall, and another in Belfast Bay 

 by Mr. Patterson." The latter specimen, through the 

 kindness of Mr. Thompson, I have now before me. It is a 

 young male. The same gentleman subsequently states that 

 he had seen specimens from Belfast Bay " in the Ordnance 

 collection." This is the extent of our knowledge of this 

 curious species. 



Dr. Milne Edwards has misquoted Leach's specific name 

 as " LeptorinchuB^'' and this error has been copied by Mr. 

 Couch ill his " Cornish Fauna." 



