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concur can of course decide for themselves, but I may point 

 out that Dr. Jeffreys in describing Leda Incida from 189 — 650 

 fathoms, N. of Hebr., says " Some of these localities may be 

 considered British, being much nearer to Scotland than to the 

 Faroe Isles " (' British Conchology,' vol. v, p. 173). 



I. — Fusus antiquus, Linne'. 

 The most southerly habitat hitherto recorded for this 

 species on our west coast is Fishguard. Within the last two 

 years I have obtained it from the entrance of the Bristol Channel 

 (in 40 fathoms) about twenty miles south of the 'Smalls' 

 lighthouse, and as it has been recorded from the Cornish coast 

 there can be no doubt that it lives all around the British Isles, 

 but it is more abundant on our eastern than on our western 

 coast. When at the Shetland Isles in July, 1886, four specimens 

 came up in one haul of the trawl, each measuring over seven 

 inches in length, one specimen being nearly eight inches. The 

 depth w^as 70 fathoms, bottom sandy. Large masses of capsules 

 were attached to the back of some examples, — in some instances 

 two clusters were on the back of the shell, — but in every case 

 the capsules were spent. 



It may be of interest to note that in Fusus antiquus the egg 

 capsules were always on the back of the shell, but in Bucciuopsis 

 Dalei the capsules are separate and are attached on the tender 

 side and around the mouth of the shell. 



F. antiquus var. striata. — -Fine cream-colour specimens from 

 40 fathoms, about 15 to 20 miles off Milford Haven. This 

 variety also occurs on the opposite side of the channel off 

 the Waterford coast, and some examples are so strongly 

 ridged as to approach in form Fusus despectus, Linne. I 

 entertain the opinion that if a sufficient number of speci- 

 mens were obtained the fact would be established that F. 

 antiquus and F. dcspectus are one and the same species. 

 F. antiquus var. graciiis. — Northern entrance of the Bristol 

 Channel, soft ground, 40 — 50 fathoms ; also a specimen 



