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Syndosmya alia (W. ^"'ood). {Scrolicidaria alha^ Jeffreys, B. C.) 

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



Generally distributed in sand and mud round the coast. 



Var. curta, Jeffreys. Larne (Jeffreys, '63) : Strangford Lough 

 (Waller, f. Jeffreys, '63). Var. oUonga, Marshall. Bantry Bay 

 (Marshall, '97). 



Distribution. — Loffoden I. to Mediterranean. Azores. Morocco. 

 ^Y. Africa, "Talisman" (Locard). 



\_Syndos)nya longicaUus (Scacchi).] 



. . . iv., . . 



iv. " Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 113-458 fms. (Jeffreys, '8i). 



Distrihution. — Loffoden I, to Mediterranean. Azores. "\V. 

 Africa. Canaries. Kew England (Verrill). GraK of Mexico (Dall). 



Syndosmya nitida (Miiller). {Scrolicularia nitida, Jeft'reys, B. C.) 



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



i. Off Ballycastle, living (Chaster, '97a) : Larne Lough, 4-5 fms., 

 living (Hyndman, '59) : off Belfast Lough, living, rare 

 (Hyndman, '58): Turbot Bank, &c., dead (Hyndman, '58, '59): 

 Belfast Lough, a valve found in a plaice (Getty, f . Thompson, 

 '56): Strangford Lough, 6 fms., two specimens (Hyndman and 

 Thompson, f. Thompson, '56) : Strangford Lough, 15 fms., and 

 off entrance, 25-26 fms., living (Dickie, '58). 



ii. ? Near Baldoyle (Hart, '92). 



iii. E.I. A. Exp., 1885, off Galley Head, 54 fms., and off Baltimore, 

 30 fms. (Chaster, '98) : off Cape Clear, 60 fms. (M'Andrew, f. 

 Forbes & Hanley, '53). 



iv. "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, 85-808 fms. (Jeffreys, '81): E. L A. 

 Exp., 1885, 1886, 1888, 5-345 fms. (Swanston, '86, Chaster, 

 '98, A. E. K) : E. D. S. Fish. Survey, 1891, Kenmare Eiver 

 (Jordan). 

 V. Galway Bay (Dublin Mus., pres. by A. G. Melville) : Birterbuy Bay 

 (Barlee and Farran, f. Forbes & Hanley, '53) : Killary Bay, 

 two specimens (Forbes, &c., f. Thompson, '56) : "Porcupine " 

 Exp., 1869, 85-183 fms. (Jeffreys, '81). Yar. ovata, Jeffreys. 

 Birterbuy Bay (Barlee and Jeffreys, f. Jeffreys, '63). 



vi. "Porcupine" Exp., 1869, Donegal Bay, 25-40 fms. (.Jeffreys, '81). 

 Bistrilution. — Iceland. Finmark to Mediterranean. Between 



Gibraltar and Azores, " Josephine." Morocco. 



