618 Pi-oceediiigs of the Royal Irish Academy. 



[ Lima suiovata, Jeffreys.] 

 . . . iv., . . 



iv. "Flying Fox" Exp., 1889, 1000 fms., one valve (Smith, '89). 



Distribution. — Arctic seas to Mediterranean. Azores. N. W- 

 Africa. K Atlantic, "Valorous." ISTew England. 



Zima elli2Jtica, Jeffreys. 



i., . . [iv.], [v.], . 

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

 iv. "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 370-722 fms. (Jeffreys, '79). 

 V. "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 208 fms. (Jeffreys, '79). 

 Distrihution. — Loffoden I. to Mediterranean. jN'ewfoundland. 

 Gulf of Mexico. N". Japan. 



The older writers did not separate this species from Z„ siibauriculata. 

 (Jeffreys, '63, Chaster, '97a). 



Lima subauricuJata (Montagu). 

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



i. Belfast Lough and off entrance, dead (Thompson, '56 ; Hyndman, 

 '58, '59) : Groomsport, shell-sand (Praeger, '92a) : Strang-ford 

 Lough, dead, rare (Thompson, '56 ; Dickie, '58). 

 ii. Co. AVicklow (J. Adair, f. Adams, '78). 

 iii. E.I. A. Exp., 1886, off S. coast of Cork, 52i-55A-fms. (Chaster, 



'98, A. R.N.). 

 iv. Bantry Bay (Is^orman, f. Jeffreys '59) : R. I. A. Exp., 1885, 1886, 



20-40 fins. (Swanston, '86, Chaster, '98). 

 V. Aran I. (Baiiee, f. Jeffreys, '58) : Birterbuy Bay, living (Wal- 

 pole, '52) : Eoundstone (Alcock, '65 ; &c.) : west of Ireland, 

 100 fms. (King, '62): "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 173 fms. 

 (Jeffreys, '79). 

 vi. Killala Bay, a valve (Miss A. Warren, '92). 

 Distrihution. — Iceland. Norway to Mediterranean. Madeira. 

 Canaries. Greenland. J^. E. America. IST, W, America. 



Lima Loscoml>ii, G. B. Sowerby. 



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



i. Generally distributed, but not common. 



ii. Dublin Bay, rare (Kinahan, '61) : lush Bank (Farran, f. Adams, 

 '78) : Dalkey Sound, living (Walpole, '52) : Bray (Tarton, 

 '22) : off CO. Wicklow (J. Adair, f. Adams, '78). 



