580 Froceedi))gs of the Royal Irish Academy. 



ii. Generally distributed in muddy bays, &c. 

 iv. Bantry Bay (Mrs. Pnxley, f. Forbes & Hanley, '53) : E. I. A. 



Exp., 1886,Berehaven, 5-10 fms., living (A. E.K) : E. D. S. 



Fish. Survey 1890, Kenmare Eiver (Jordan) : Yalentia 



(Cockerell, '87 ; Dublin Mus., coll. by Eev. A. Delap) : Kerry 



(Dublin Mus., coll. by A. G. More), 

 v. Oozy bays, west of Ireland (Thompson, f. Forbes & Hanley, '53) : 



Eoundstone (Thompson ms. ; E. D. S. Fish. Survey, 1890; 



Warren Coll. in Dublin Mas.) : E. D. S. Fish. Survey, 1890, 



Inishbofin Harbour, 1-5 fms. (A. E. IST.) : Clew Bay, 3 fms. 



(Forbes & Hanley, '53). Yar. Farrani, ISTorman. Birterbuy 



Bay, living (Farran, '57) : Kilkieran Bay (Dublin Mus., coll. 



by A. G. More), 

 vi. Inch T., co. Donegal (Hart, '92). 



JDistrihition. — Finmark to Mediterranean. Madeira (Watson). 

 Canaries. 



Family. — Philinid^^. 



Philine aperta (Liune). 



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



Generally distributed and plentiful all round the coast in oozy 

 bays, &c. 



Var. patida, Jeffreys. Dublin Bay and Connemara (Jeffreys, 

 '67). 



Distribution. — Norway to Mediterranean. Canaries. 0. Verd I., 

 "Challenger." Cape of Good Hope. Philippines. &c. 



Philine niticla, Jeffreys. 



i., . iii., iv., . vi. 



i. Off Ballycastle, living (Chaster, '97a). 

 iii. E. I. A. Exp., 1885, o'ff Baltimore, 30 fms., one small specimen 



(Chaster, '98). 

 iv. E. I. A. Exp., 1886, 10-38 fms., three small specimens (Chaster, 



'98). 

 vi. Bartra and Enniscrone (Marshall, f. Miss A. Warren, '92). 

 Distribution. — British Isles to Mediterranean. 



