OF NORTHUMRERLAND AND DURHAM. 79 



the boats engaged in the brat fishing. It is in Mr. R. Maclau- 

 rin's list of Bivalvecl Shells, found in Coldingham Bay, where it 

 is stated that dead shells are not rare. We are not aware of its 

 having been got on other parts of the coast. 



81. A^C A, Linnaeus. 

 1. A. cARDissA, Lam. 



Area fusca, Mont. Test. Brit. Supp. 51. 

 In cavities of stones and old shells from deep water. Fre- 

 quent in the north of Northumberland. — Mr. R. Emhleton. Cul- 

 lercoats. — J. H. F. St. Mary's Island. — A. H. 



82. LED A, Schumacher. 



1. L. CAUDATA, Don. 



Area minuta, Mont. Test. Brit. 140. 

 From deepish water, frequent. Several living individuals 



were dredged in seventeen fathoms off Whitburn, by Mr. R. 



Howse. 



The jirca minuta of Fabricius appears to be distinct from this, 

 Capt. Brown mentions having found a single valve of " Nu- 



cula rostrata" at Holy Island. May it not have been a large 



variety of this, which has sometimes the posterior part much 



incurved in old shells ? 



83. NUCULA, Lamarck. 



1. N. NUCLEUS, Linn. 



Area mtcleus, Mont. Test. Brit. 141. 

 Not uncommon. Mr. R. Howse dredged it in great abundance 

 off Whitburn, along with the last. 



2. N. NITIDA, Sow. 



Nueula nitida, Sow. Conch. Illust. £ 20 ; Thorpe Brit. 

 Mar. Conch. 248, f 31. 

 In deepish water, and thrown up in sand, rather ^^^^' Cul- 

 lercoats. A rayed variety has been got at Whitburn by the 

 Rev. G. C. Abbes. 



3. N. TENUIS, Mont. 



Area tenuis, Mont. Test. Brit. Supp. odi, t. 21), f 1. 



