542 Proceediuga of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Etdima hilmeata. Alder, 

 i., ii., iii., iy., [v.], vi. 



i. 0:ffi Eallyeastle, dead (Chaster, '97a): "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 

 Is^ortli Channel, 40 fms. (Jeffreys, '84) : TurbotBank, dead, and 

 off Black Head, 25 fms. (Hyndman, '58, '59): Strangf ord Longh, 

 7-20 fms., living, very rare, and off entrance, 12-15 fms., 

 dead (Dickie, '58). 



ii. Dublin Bay (Waller, f. Kinakan, '61) : Portmarnock (Warren, f. 

 Thompson, '40). 



iii. Cork "Earhour (Forbes & Hanley, '53) : R. I. A. Exp., 1885, 1886, 

 1888, 30-55^- fms. (Chaster, '98). 



iv. Bantry Bay (Forbes & Hanley, '53) : Dingle Bay, 54 fms. (Adams, 

 f. More, '70): E.I. A. Exp., 1885, 1886, 5-44 fms. (Swanston, 

 '86, Chaster, '98). 



V. "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 183-422 fms. (Jeffreys, '84). 



vi. Kiilala Bay (Miss A. Warren, '92). 



Some of the localities assigned to £. siihulata probably refer to 



E. lilineata. 



Distribution. — Einmark to Mediterranean. W. Africa, "Talisman." 



C. Hatteras to W. Indies (DaU). 



Eidima folita (Linne). 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 



i. Entrance to Belfast Lough (Ordnance Survey Collectors and 

 Hyndman, f. Thompson, '56) : Turbot Bank, dead, and off Black 

 Head, 25 fms. (Hyndman, '58, '59) : Bangor, 8 fms., living 

 (Swanston, f. Praeger, '89) : Strangford Lough, 8-10 fms. 

 (Hyndman and Thompson, f. Thompson, '56) : Strangford 

 Lough, 7-20 fms., dead, and off entrance, 12—15 fms., living, 

 very rare (Dickie, '58). 



ii. Dublin Bay (Thompson, '42 ; Walpole, '53a ; Waller, f. Kinahan, 

 '61) : Dalkey Sound (Walpole, '53a). 



iii. Off Porbally, Dunmore, 14 fms. (Walpole, '52) : off Sherkin I., 

 dead (A. E. K). 



iv. Bantry Bay (rare, Brown, '18 ; Humphreys, '45 ; Thompson, '56 ; 

 M'Andrew CoU., f. Cooke, '82) : E. L A. Exp., 1885, 1886, 

 Berehaven, 5-25 fms. (Chaster, '98). 



