PROCEEDINGS 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE ACADEMY. 



A REPOET TJPO^T THE MOLLUSCA (EXCLUDING THE 

 CEPHALOPODA AND NUDIBRANCHIATA) OBTAINED 

 BY THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY CRUISES OF 1885, 

 1886, AND 1888. By GEORGE W. CHASTER. 



[Read June 27, 1898.] 



A PEEiiMiNABY and confessedly incomplete list of the Mollusca from 

 tlie "Lord Bandon " expedition of 1885 was drawn up by Mr. W. 

 Swanston, f.g.s., and published in the Proceedings of the R.I.A. in 

 the following year. Further notes on mollusca of special interest, 

 obtained by the later expeditions, have appeared subsequently. But 

 no attempt has been made to draw up a full and annotated list of the 

 Testacea of the district investigated by the Academy — a district sur- 

 passingly rich in its molluscan fauna. My object in preparing the 

 present report is to attempt to supply this want, so far as is possible. 



Some time ago there came into my hands certain of the dredgings 

 which had been partially examined by Mr. Swanston, and put aside 

 to be more carefully searched. These gatherings yielded a large 

 number of species, many not included in the published list, and some 

 of remarkable interest. On my communicating the results to Dr. 

 Scharff, he, with the greatest courtesy, consented to allow me to 

 examine the material that had been deposited in the Dublin Museum, 



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