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XXXI. 



TEE FAUNA AND FLOEA OF VALENCIA HARBOUR 

 ON THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND. 



(Plates XIX. to XXI.) 



[Communicated by Dr. R. F. Scharpf, June 26th, 1899.] 



CONTENTS. 

 Pakt I. — Tlie Pelagic Fauna. 



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I. The Pelagic Fauna (1895-98). By Edward T. Bro-«-ne, b.a., 



Unitersity College, London, 667 



II. The Medusa (1895-98). By Edward T. Browne, b.a.. University 



College, London, ...... ... 694 



III. The Free-Swimming Copepoda (1895-98). By Isaac C. Thompson, 

 F.L.S., 737 



IV. The Ch^tognatha. By F. W. Gamble, m.sc, Owens College, 

 Manchester, 745 



V. The Pelagic Tunicata. By Prof. W. A. Herdman, f.r.s.. 



University College, Liverpool, ...... 748 



VI. On young stages of Teleosteans. By J. T. Cunningham, m.a., . 752 



Paet II. — Tlie Benthos [Dredging and Sliore Collecting). 



VII. The results of Dredging and Shore-collecting. By "W". I. 

 Beaumont, b.a., . 754 



VIII. The Algae. By Prof. F. E. Weiss, b.sc, Owens College, 



Manchester, . 799 



IX. The LucERNARiD^. By W. I. Beaumont, b.a., .... 806 

 X. The Turbellaria. By F. W. Gamble, m.sc, Owens College, 



Manchester, - . . . .812 



XL The Nemertea. By W. I. Beaumont, b.a., .... 815 



XII. The Opisthobranchiate Mollusca. By "W. I. Beaumont, b.a., . 832 



PREFACE. 



The west coast of Ireland has for a long time been the hunting ground 

 of marine naturalists. Its extreme western position, with a fine in- 

 dented coast-line broken up into numerous sheltered bays, has induced 

 many to investigate its own peculiar fauna and to search after rare 

 Atlantic species. 



E.I. A. PKOC, SEE. III., VOL. V. 3 A 



