LOMANOTUS. 65 



HABITAT : Dredged in deepish water, Torbay (Alder). Only 

 one specimen was found. j[In 80 f., Outer haaf, Whalsey 

 Skerries, Shetland (Jeffreys and Peach).] 



2. L. PLA'VIDUS, Alder and Hancock. 



Eumenis flavida. A. & H. in Ann. N. H. xviii. p. 293. L.flavidus, Brit. 

 Nud. Moll. fam. 3, pi. 41. 



BODY lemoncoloured above, white below : veil small, with 

 four tubercular points : tentacles subclavate or fusiform, pale 

 yellowish-white, issuing from shortish sheaths, tuberculated 

 round the margin : branchial processes papillose, set on a waved 

 pallial ridge down each side of the back ; the papillae are short, 

 with the exception of 3 on each side, which are longer than 

 the rest and nearly linear ; each papilla is encircled by a band 

 of fawncolour : foot linear, with the anterior angles produced 

 into tentacular points. L. 0'25. 



HABITAT : A single individual was dredged in 3 or 4 fathoms 

 water in Lamlash Bay (Alder). 



3. L. PORTLAN'DICUS, Thompson. 



L. Portlandicus, Thomps. in Ann. N. H. 3rd ser. v. p. 50. 



BODY depressed, quadrilateral, pellucid white, tinged with 

 brownish yellow on the back, and pale orange -red in front : 

 veil with two longish tentacular processes on each side : ten- 

 tacles elliptical, closely laminated, issuing from tall narrow 

 sheaths of an orange-red colour above, the margin divided 

 into 6 finely pointed filaments : branchial processes consisting 

 of an expanded and undulated pallial ridge on each side of 

 the back, fringed with short orange papillee which are tipped 

 with white : foot linear, with the anterior angles much produced 

 and recurved. L. 1'75. 



HABITAT : Two examples of this fine species were dredged 

 at different times by Mr. Wm. Thompson in Weymouth Bay. 



