'3.32 Proceedincfs of the Royal L-ish Acndemij. 



Nereis pelagica, L. 

 1868. Ehlers. Tom. cit., p. 511. 



Common in all parts of the district, ranging from between tide-marks to 

 20 fathoms. 



Gcntral Distribution. — British Isles ; shores of Xorth Atlantic ; Japan ; 

 Spitzbergen ; Nova Zembla. 



Nereis zonata, Malmgreu. 



1867. Malmgren, Annulata Polychaeta, p. 46. 

 Portmarnock Strand, 27, i, '07- 



10 miles east of BaUey Light (S. 553, 16, viii, '07. Trawl, 41-52 fms.). 



This species has not been previously recorded from the shores of the 

 British Isles. It was, however, taken by the German Deep Sea Expedition 

 .some miles oH" llie north-east coast of Scotland.' 



Gmrm! Didi-Umtion. — Boulogne; Xorth Sea ; Spitzbergen ; Siberia; Nova 

 Zembla ; Greenland ; Eastern North America, 



Nereilepas fucata, Savigny. 



1868. Ehlers. Tom. cit., p. 546. 



This species is common in a few fathoms (in Lambay Deep, at 38 fathoms) 

 in all {Mirts of the di.strict, and is occasionally found between tide-marks. 

 Almost every Buccinium shell that is inhabited by a hermit-crab also contains 

 this worm, coiled in the upper whorls of the sliell. According to Thompson 

 (1856, p. 433), the Dalkoy lishenucn found tliis worm, whicli they call 

 " Hair}- Bait," a most attractive l)ait for fishing. 



Gnui-dl DijJ rilitUioit. — British lales; North Sea; France; North America. 



FamOy NEPHTHYDIDAE. 

 Nephthys caeca (U. F. Miiller). 

 1908. Mcintosh. Tom. cit., p. 8. 

 Sal thill and Malahide (Mcintosh). 



Genfral Distribution. — Common in British Isles ; Europe ; Iceland ; Green- 

 land ; east and west coasts of North AmericfL 



Var. ciliata. 



1908. Mackintosh. Tom. cit, p. 13. 



Malahide, 7, iii, '10. A single specimen, between tide-marks. This 

 specimen closely resembles the variety found by Mcintosh in May and 

 June at St. Andrews and Montrose. 



■ 190S. Ehlers. Die Bodenainigen Anneliden der deutschen Tiefsec-Expedition, p. 68. 



