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SOLENOCONCHIA. 



DENTALIID^E. 

 Dentalium entalis (Linn.). 



Bass Rock, 24 fathoms (Metz. and Mey.) ; 

 Firth of Forth (Ed. Mus., MB., etc.). 

 Rare on the shore at Granton, Leith, and 

 North Berwick (M.). 



We have dredged this species off Inch- 

 keith, in 9 fathoms ; off Largo Bay, etc. 

 It is often obtained by the fishermen 

 adhering to the long lines ; dead specimens 

 are not uncommon on some parts of the 

 shore, as Largo Bay, Elie, and Aberdour. 



GASTROPODA. 

 I. CYCLOBRANCHIATA 



Chiton fascicularis (Linn.). 



Firth of Forth (MB., F. M. B.). 



On tangle roots, Craigroyston shore, after 



a storm. At North Berwick alive on 



under side of stones in rock pools, at low 



water, but not plentiful (M.). 



We have taken this species at low water 



mark, near Elie. 



C. cinereus (Linn.). 



Firth of Forth (F. M. B., MB., under the 

 name of Chiton asellus). 

 We have dredged this species frequently 

 in a few fathoms. 



C. marginatus (Penn.). 



Firth of Forth (M B.} ; between tide marks 

 (F. M. .) ; beach between Portobello and 

 Fisherrow (Metz. and Mey^). 

 Very large at end of East Pier, Leith 

 (near Martello Tower), at very low water. 

 Length of dried specimens 0'9 inch; 

 breadth, 0'55 (K). 



