SoirriiKKN - The 3Iurinc Wonnti [Annelida) ol Dublin l>ni). 'ZW-h 



Nephthys Hombergii, Laiuaiuk. 



1908. McIuLosh. Tom. cit., p. 17. 



Salthill (Mcliilosh). 



Sandymount Strand, common at all seasons. 



2 miles south-east of Bailey Light, 13, vii, '07. iJrcdge, lo-lS fms. 



This is the commonest species of Nephthys in the district. It is exten- 

 sively used by liue-fishermen as bait, and is known by them as the " herring- 

 bone worm." 



Goicral Distribution. — British Isles ; Europe ; Nova Zembla ; Baltic Sea ; 

 Mediterranean; Madeira. 



Nephthys ciliata (0. F. Miiller). 



190S. Mcintosh. Tom. cit., p. 23. 

 Kingstown — Dalkey, 20, vii, '07. Dredge, 8-12 fms. 

 Off the Bailey Light, 7, ix, '07. Dredge, 7 fms. 

 This species has not been previously recorded from Ireland. 

 General Distribution. — Scotland; widely distributed over the shores of the 

 North Atlantic and Arctic Seas. 



Nephthys hystricis, Mcintosh. 



1908. Mcintosh. Tom. cit., p. 27. 

 Malahide, 1885 (Mcintosh). 



General Distribution. — Atlantic, usually at considerable depths ; Mediter- 

 ranean. 



FamHy EUNICIDAE. 

 Ophryotrocha puerilis, Clap, et Mecz. 



1888. de Saint-Joseph. Ann. des Sc. Nat. Zool. (7), torn, v., p. 240. 



Seapoint shore, 26, v, '07. 



Sandycove shore, 28, iii, '09. 



General Distributioji. — British Isles ; English Channel ; Mediterranean. 



Family GLYCERIDAE. 



Glycera alba, Eathke. 



1867. Malmgren. Tom. cit., p. 71. 

 Dalkey (McL). 

 Malahide shore, 7, iii, '10. 



General Distribution. — British Isles ; North Sea ; Atlantic ; Mediter- 

 ranean ; Eastern North America. 



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