230 JORDAN : ON THE GENUS fUSUS. 



from north of Unst. The Bristol Channel specimens 

 are cream-colour and very elegant. 



F. antiquus monst. contrarium. — This is now rarer than 

 ever and I am not aware of a fresh example for several 

 years. It has been taken off the coast of Portugal in 220 

 fathoms, bottom temperature 52*0° Fahr. 



2. — Fusus despectus, Linne. 

 Off the west coast of Ireland. 'Porcupine' expedition, 

 1S69. Stations 10 to 17, bottom temperatures 3 7 "8° to 49 '6° 

 Fahr. This locality is several hundred miles south of any other 

 record which has come under my notice. The occurrence of 

 this shell so far south renders more probable the opinion which 

 I have expressed under the heading of J^. ant'upms van striata. 



3. — Fusus Norvegicus, Chemnitz. 

 A few specimens are yearly obtained by the Dogger Bank 

 fishermen, but not so many as formerly. This species was taken 

 in tlie Faroe Channel, ' Triton' expedition, station 3, 'Warm 

 area,' 87 fathoms, bottom temperature 48-5°. It also occurred 

 in 109 fathoms about fifty-five miles N.W. off the Butt of Lewis, 

 bottom temperature 49 '6°. This is the most westerly locality, 

 in our area, in which this species has been recorded. 



4. — Fusus Turtoni, Bean. 



This continues to be a scarce shell and like the preceding 

 species is found in fewer numbers than formerly. It is remarkable 

 that in all the dredgings of the 'Lightning,' 'Porcupine,' 'Knight 

 Errant,' and ' Triton ' Expeditions there is not a record of 

 this species being taken — with a single exception, at an old 

 locality on the East of Shetland. It is a very local species and 

 the only one of the genus which is not found on the west side 

 of the British Isles. 



5. — Fusus Islandicus, Chemnitz. 



In ' British Conchology,' vol. iv, mention is made of two 

 dead specimens from Shetland and of an example from the 

 Wexford Coast. These were the only British specimens known 



J.C, vi., July, 1890. 



