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*Oardmm echinattim. Svolvscr. 



elegantulum. Beck. Varanger, Lang, and Bog Fiords, 25- 



125 fathoms. 

 cillatum, Fabr. ( = islandicum, Chemn.). Yaranger, Lang, 



and Klostcrelv Fiords, 5-25 fathoms. 



■ fasciaiwn, Mont. In all the fiords, also at Tromso and 



Svolvaer. 

 Scrripes groeiilancUca, Linn. In Laminarian zone throughout tho 



district. 



Cijprina islandica, Linn. Klosterelv Fiord, 2-5 fathoms. The 



extreme profusion in which this species occurs in tho Glacial 



Claj-s of Scotland I had always supposed to bo a state of things 



which had entirely passed away; until at SvolvtBr, Lofoten 



Islands, I found Ci/prina living in the same extraordinary 



. abundance. The shore there is densely strewn with the dead 



shells and their comminuted remains which have been cast up. 



Venus gallina, Linn. Vadso. 



casina, Linn. " Yaxdo" Jide Loven. 



Timoclea ovata, Penn. Svolvoer. Entered by Sars as found in 



East Finmark. 

 Thyasira Jlexuosa, Mont. 



var. Sarsii, Phil. Vadso, Klosterelv and Bog Fiords, and 

 at Svolvaer. 



var. Gouldil, Phil. Yaranger, Lang, and Bog Fiords, 20- 

 125 fathoms. 



ohesa, Yerrill. Yadso, in 10-25 fathoms. 



Axinopsis orhicidata, G. 0. Sars. Vadso and all the Sydvarauger 



Fiords, in 2-50 fathoms. 

 Liccina horealis, Linn. Svolvajr. Sars records it from East 



Finmark. 

 Mactra elliptica, Brown. Yadso. 



suhtruncata. Da Costa. Lang Fiord. A single specimen. 



*Sijndosmya prismatica, Mont. Svolvoer. 



Tellina bcdtJiica, Linn. Yery abundant ; living between tide- 

 marks in Klosterelv and Lang Fiords. The shells are of com- 

 paratively small size, with a dull chalky-like surface. Tho 

 substance of tho Klosterelv shells is white, while that of almost 

 all those from Lang Fiord is pink. 



calcarea, Chemn. Yadso ; Lang and Klosterelv Fiords ; also 



Svolvaer. 



* fahda, Gmel. Svolvaer. 



Mya arenaria, Linn. Yadsti ; Klosterelv Fiord ; Svolvaer. 



truncata^ Linn. One dead, Klosterelv Fiord. 



Corhula yihba, Olivi. 



