524 Scientiflc Proceedings, Royal Dublin Society. 



Af^noglossus latenia. — The hundreds mentioned by Mr. Blake 

 Knox (Zoologist, 1866, p. 508) as landed in Dublin from trawlers, 

 if correctly identified, may have been captured at a considerable 

 distance, and do not necessarily belong to the Dublin coast. 

 Andrews obtained specimens from Dingle and Ballinskelligs 

 Bays, and forwarded one to the Dublin Museum of Science and 

 Art. 



Pleuronectes platessa. — " Spotty fluke " about Portrush. Out 

 of two-score large plaice from Grlenarm, county of Antrim, which 

 I observed in the Belfast market on June 16th, 1881, no less than 

 five were coloured on both sides ; one of these was slate-blue, the 

 orange spots, however, being on the upper side only. Yery 

 large examples, from 8 lbs. upwards, rarely take a bait, the 

 stomachs of those which I have examined being invariably filled 

 with shells. With the first fine weather in spring, large shoals of 

 plaice, from 1 lb. to 3 lbs. in weight, draw inshore, and as they take 

 a bait greedily, these " scull-flukes " are eagerly sought, a mixture 

 of lug- and rag- worms, shrimps, razorfish, hermit crabs and cuttle, 

 being used as a bait. 1 caught a very handsome example at Bray 

 in August, 1872, in which the spots on the upper surface were ex- 

 ceptionally large and brilliant, while the under surface was beauti- 

 fully marbled with white, buff, and olive green. 



Pleuronectes microcephalus. — " Bastard-sole " at Portrush ; 

 "lemon-" and "maiden-sole" in the Belfast market, where it 

 frequently occurs. 



Pleuronectes cynoglossus. — Yarrell mentions a skin of one from 

 the Firth of Forth measuring 19 inches. 



Pleuronectes limanda — On the 3rd November, 1877, I caught 

 my two largest examples, measuring 14| in. and 14 in., and 

 weighing 21| oz. and 18 oz. respectively. Dabs caught on mixed 

 ground are of a finer flavour than those from sand or mud. They 

 are used as bait for the conger lines, for which pm-pose they are 

 unequalled, as also they are for lobster-creels ; they are frequently 

 caught with a piece of whelk, a bait which their congeners will 

 rarely look at. I have never met with the fry of the dab among 

 the debris of the shrimp-nets. 



Pleuronectes flesus. — I kept two small flounders, taken from 

 muddy ground, and therefore of an immaculate dark brown colour 

 above, in a bath, the bottom of which was white, and in which^ no 



