FAUNA OF THE OUTER WESTERN AREA OF THE CHANNEL. 375 



Few or very few specimens at Positions 1, 5 (small), 6, 9, 10, 11, 



12, 18, 25, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46 (small), 58 (small), 60 (small), 



68 (small). 

 Fairly plentiful at Positions 3, 14, 20, 30, 31, 35, 52 (about fifty, 



many quite small), 63 (small), 72. 

 Abundant at Positions 7, 8, 49. 

 Dead specimens were obtained for the most part at Positions 10 



and 37, and exclusively at Positions 13 (many), 47 (small), 51 



and 80 (many). 

 The variety lineata was recorded at Positions 7 (few), 8 (several), 



43 (one), 60 (one). 

 Specimens were recorded with both valves unicolorous at Positions 



40 (purple), and 60 (chrome-yellow). 

 Depth, 40-51 fath. 



Pecten tigerinus (Miiller). 

 At Positions 1 (one), 6 (one valve), 7 (one), 13 (one), 31, 32 



(several), 33 (one), 34, 43 (few), 44 (one). 

 Depth, 40-46 fath. 



LIMIDAE. 

 Lima hians (Gmelin). 



At Positions 44, 58 (four), vii (one). 

 Depth, 46-49 fath. or over. 



Lima loscombi, G. B. Sowerby. 



At Positions 6 (one dead valve, bored), 32 (one), 44 (one), 62 (one), 



80 (one). 

 Depth, 42-51 fath. 



EULAMELLIBRANCHIATA. 



ASTARTIDAE. 

 Astarte sulcata (da Costa). 



At Positions 9 (one), 11 (one), 15 (one), 16 (three), 19 (one), 32 

 (a few), 34, 35 (one), 36 (one), 37 (one), 40 (one), 44 (one 

 small), 53 (one), 56 (one). 

 Depth, 42-49 fath. 



CYPKINIDAE. 



Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus). 



A single living specimen was obtained at Position 39. 



Dead specimens occurred at Positions 10 (a few), 12 (several), 13 



(one), 20 (several), 44 (one). 

 Depth, 42-46 fath. 



