522 Scientific Proceedings^ Royal Dublin Society. 



Motella mustela. — Not nearly so plentiful about Portrusli as 

 M. tricirrata, and only obtained of small size and between tide- 

 marks. 



Motella tricirrata. — At Portrush. called " catfish " in conjunc- 

 tion with the last species. I have never known of one taking 

 a hook, but numbers are caught in the wicker crab-pots during 

 the spring months, when these are first laid down, their sense of 

 smell being so powerful, that a very few days sufiice to exhaust 

 the locality. These examples, being all of large size, pay the 

 penalty of their temerity by themselves forming a bait for the 

 creels. Immature examples are often obtained in four to six 

 fathoms water in the buckie creels in winter; these are unspotted 

 to at least six inches long. 



Banicejjs ranimis. — In addition to those mentioned by Dr. Day, 

 I learn from Mr. A. Gr. More, that Mr. Andrews forwarded two 

 other specimens to the Museum of Science and Art, Dublin: — 

 (1) Dingle Bay — the second recorded by him from this locality — 

 caught in thirty fathoms, 1856 ; (2) Dalkey Sound, June, 1866. 

 My two recorded examples from Portrush have been confused : 

 their records should run thus: — (1) Second week of November, 

 1875, length 8i in. ; (2) 15th March, 1876, length 4i in. ; these 

 two are also in above-mentioned Museum. A third example, like 

 the others, washed ashore dead, but in this case in a badly muti- 

 lated condition, occurred to myself on February 16th, 1878, at the 

 same place. (For Sir J. Corrigan, read Sir D. Corrigan.) 



Bromiius brosme. — This species should be omitted from the 

 Irish catalogue, there being no reliable evidence of its occurrence. 

 The name Torsk or Tusk is often given to codfish. 



Ammodytes lanceolatm. — Frequently takes a small white fly 

 (or a small strip of white leather.— A. Gr. M.), especially towards 

 evening, when the shoals are drawing inshore to their usual hiding 

 places. About two days after a severe N.-W. gale, which occurred 

 in January, 1876, large numbers of this species were found on the 

 east strand, Portrush, about fifty yards above high water-mark, 

 buried in the sand, from which their heads protruded about an 

 inch, having evidently being driven in to this unusual distance by 

 the violence of the waves. I have seen several twelve inches 

 long. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris. — A few are taken yearly at Portrush 



