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Order.— PSEIJDOLAMELLIBEANGHIATA. 

 Pamily. — Avicflid^. 

 Avicula hirundo (Linne). 

 . ii., iii., iv., . . 

 ii. Dublin Bay, near the Pigeon House (Turton, '19) : Dublin Bay 

 (Warren, f. Thompson, 56). It is doubtful if these records 

 are correct. In the "Warren Coll. in the Dublin Mus., tliere 

 is a single valve of this species, which according to Mr. 

 Warren's ms. Catalogue vras found at Portmarnock. Jeffreys 

 examined this specimen and discovered on the same tablet a 

 young shell of a tropical species of Avicula (or Meleagrina). 

 iii. Off Mine Head, fragments from trawlers (Wotton, f. Marshall, '97). 

 iv, Bantry Bay (Miss Hutchins, f. Pleming in "A History of British. 

 Animals," 1828) : S.W. Ireland, 50-60 fms. (Wotton, f. Mar- 

 shall, '97). 

 Distribution. — S. England and Ireland to Mediterranean. Azores. 

 W. Africa, "Talisman" (Locard), Madeira. Canaries. St. 

 Helena (Smith). ISIew England and Caribbean Sea (Verrill). 



Pinna rudis, Linne. 

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

 i. Generally distributed, but not common. 



ii. Coasts of Down and Louth (Thompson, '56) : off the coast of 

 Down (Hart, '92) : Skerries, co. Dublin (liutty in " jSTatural 

 History of the County of Dublin," i., 1772): Tuskar Eocks, 

 Wexford (Hart, '92) : coast of Wexford (Dublin Mus.). 

 iii. Youghal (Ball, f. Thompson, '56) : Nymph Bank, living, very 

 common (Miss M. Ball, f. Thompson, '56) : Cork Harbour 

 (Humphreys, '45): Cove, co. Cork (Turton, '19; Humphreys 

 and Ball, f. Thompson, '56) : off Kinsale Harbour (Humphreys, 

 '45) : off Cape Clear (Lieut. Wilson, f. Thooipson, '56 ; 

 dead, M'Anclrew, f. Thompson, '56). 

 iv. Bantry Bay (S. Wright, f. Brown, '18) : E. I. A. Exp. 1885, 

 1886, 30-93 fms. (Swanston, '86, Chaster, '98, A. E. N.) : 

 E. D. S. Fish. Survey, 1891, off Ballinskelligs Bay, 55 fms. 

 (Holt, '92): "Eesearch" Trawling Cruise, 1889, 70 fms. 

 (Bourne, '90). 

 V. Coast of Clare (Earran, f. Warren lis. Cat.) : Birterbuy Bay 

 (Barlee, f. Thompson, '56). 

 Bistrihution. — British Isles to Mediterranean. Azores. Madeira. 

 Canaries. C. Yerd L, "Talisman" (Locard). 



