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Lucina borealis (Liiine). 

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



Generally distributed and common. 



Vur. gihla, Jeffreys. Bantry Eay (Norman, f. Jeffreys, '63). A 

 small variety inhabits brackish water in Aran I. (Thompson, '56, 

 Jeffreys, '81). 



Distrihution. — Iceland. Pinmark to Mediterranean, Azores. j\Io- 

 rocco. Madeira. C. Yerd I. ?N. America. ? Philippines. 



Axinus flexiwsus (Montagu). 



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



i. "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, Lough Poyle, 10 fms. (Jeffreys, '81) : 

 Magilligan (Mrs. Tatlow, f. Praeger) : off Ballycastle, dead 

 (Chaster, '97a): Belfast Lough, &c., dead (Hyndman, '58, '59) : 

 Belfast Lough (Grainger, '59; Dublin Mus.) : Strangford Lough 

 (Hyndman and Thompson, f. Thompson, '56 ; dead, rare, 

 Dickie, '58). 

 ii. Dublin coast, generally distributed, but not common. 



iii. 'AVoodstown, co. Waterford (Dublin Mus , coll. by Mrs. Tatlow) : 

 Toughal (Ball, f. Porbes & Hanley, '53) : below Cove, valves 

 (Humphreys, '45) : S. coast of Ireland (Leach, '52) : E. I. A. 

 Exp., 1885, 1886, Glandore Harbour, 4 fms., and off Baltimore, 

 30 fms. (Chaster, '98) : off Sherkin I. (A. E. ^.) : off Capo 

 Clear, 30 fms. (M'Andrew, f. Porbes & Hanley, '53). 



iv. Bantry (Humphreys, f. Porbes & Hanley '53) : E. D. S. Pish. 

 Survey, 1890, Kenmare Eiver (A. E. IST.) : Yalentia (Cockerell, 

 '87): E.I. A. Exp., 1885, 1886, 4-79 fms. (Swanston, '80, 

 Chaster, '98). 

 v. Birterbny Bay, living (Walpole, '52) : E. D. S. Pish. Survey, 

 1890, Birterbny Bay (Jordan): Eoundstone (Alcock, '65): 

 Killary and Clew Bays (Thompson, '56) : " Porcupine " 

 Exp., 1869, 183 fms. (Jeffreys, '81). Nox. polygona, Jeffreys. 

 "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 173 fms. (Jeffreys, '81). 



vi. Bartra, frequent, but not living (Miss A. Warren, '92) : off Bun- 



doran (Thompson, '56) : Donegal coast, frequent (Hart, '92) : 



Mulroy Bay, living and plentiful (Darbishire, f. Praeger, '94). 



Bistrilution. — Arctic seas to Mediterranean. Canaries. Off Sahara, 



"Talisman." Greenland. Labrador to Gulf of Mexico. J^f. W. 



America. Corea. 



