l86 BYNE : MARINE INIOLLUSCA OF TEIGNiMOUTH. 



Cerithiopsis tubercularis Mont. Alive under and on 

 stones, which are sometimes covered with a yellow decaying- 

 looking alga, on which, perhaps, they feed ; amongst rocks 

 at low water mark on spring tides. The shells were adult 

 and young, and occurred numerously in 1888 and 1889, 

 mostly of a dwarf form, though finer shells were obtained 

 from one locality. 



Purpura lapillus L. Common. 



Buccinum undatum L. Dredged for food off the harbour 

 mouth. 



Murex erinaceus L. Comparatively small live specimens 

 locally amongst the rocks. 



Trophon muricatus Mont. Two specimens trawled in 

 good preservation. It is a scarce species in this bay. 



Fusus gracilis DaC. Trawled occasionally, but only dead 

 shells. 



F. jeffreysianus Fisch. One dead specimen trawled. 



Nassa reticulata L. Trawled and dredged alive; com- 

 mon. 



N. incrassata Strom. Trawled and dredged alive. 



Defrancia gracilis INIont. Three adult examples dredged 

 and trawled ; dead specimens occasionally. 



D. linearis INIont. One trawled alive, somewhat unique in 

 its sculpture and colouring. 



D. purpurea Mont. Two examples dredged alive, and two 

 found in good condition in 1886 in drift in the harbour. 



Pleurotoma striolata Phil. Some specimens dredged 

 alive and fresh in mud, but of small size. 



P. attenuata Mont. Dredged and trawled — live, dead, and 

 fresh examples, but comparatively small. 



P. costata Donovan. Dredged and trawled in various states^ 

 in mud. 



P. brachystoma Phil. Live and dead examples dredged and 

 trawled in mud, some being very fine. 



J.C., %ii.. Apr. 1893. 



