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1897. It was taken from May to October. Abundant in June. 



Yery large specimens common during September and 

 early in October. 



1898. It occurred from May to IS'ovember. Fairly common in 



the summer. A specimen taken early in September 

 measured 85 mm. in length and 50 mm. in width. 



Lobate Ctenophores have on several occasions been recorded 

 in British seas. As a rule on each occasion a fresh name has 

 been used, and no attempt has been made to give a full and 

 careful description with good figures. Whether there are really 

 several genera and species, or only a solitary species, is a subject 

 for future investigation. 



The following references may be of use to future workers on 

 the lobate forms : — 



Bolina hilernica, n.s., Patterson, 1838, Trans. Eoy. Irish 

 Acad., vol. xix., p. 96. 1839, p. 154. Lough Larne. Dublin 

 Bay. June, 1838. 



= Alcinoe hibernica^ Thompson, 1856, Nat. Hist. Ireland, 

 vol. iv., p. 447. 

 Alcinoe rotunda^ n.s., Forbes and Goodsir, 1839, Eep. Brit. 



Assoc, p. 856. Kirkwall Bay. 

 Alcinoe smithii, n.s., Forbes and Goodsir. Ailsa Craig. Irish 



coast. 

 Mnemia norvegica of Sars. Greene, 1857, Wat. Hist. Eeview, 

 vol. iv., p. 175. 



"I have frequently obtained specimens of it, which were 

 fully two inches in length ; it is, however, a very fragile 

 animal. Kingstown Harbour. 1856." 

 Mnemia norvegica, Haddon, 1886, Proc. Boy. Irish Acad., 

 vol. iv., p. 615. 



Numerous specimens on the south-west coast of Ireland. 

 = Bolina hihernica, Patterson. 

 Lemeuria vitrea of Milne Edward. M'Intosh, 1888, Ann. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 6, vol. ii. 



St. Andi'ews. Very abundant. The largest measured Z\ 

 inches in length. 



M'Intosh, 1890, Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. v., p. 40. 



Young Lesueuria occur in April, and are abundant in May 



and June. Occasionally captured in November and December, 



about T-li^ inches long. The adults appear to spawn in 



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