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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Laene. 



The beds at the Curran at Larne form the classic raised beach, of 

 the north of Ireland. Many papers contain references to this deposit, 

 especially in its archaeological aspect, as a famous locality for rude 

 flint implements. I need only mention such, as refer to its geological 

 and palseontological features. Hull^ records, as found in this raised 

 beach, eleven species of moUusca. Grainger^ gives a list of twenty- 

 five species obtained by him at heights varying from ten to twenty 

 feet above high water. In Mr. Stirrup's paper, already referred to, a 

 list of nineteen species is given. In the Report of the Belfast Nat. 

 Field Club [first] Larne Gravels Committee^ a few species are men- 

 tioned, which were determined by Mr. S. A. Stewart. In the Keport 

 of the Field Club's second Committee of Investigation,^ which was 

 drawn up by myself, fifteen species are noted. I give a full list of 

 the fossils which have been found, distinguishing the authorities by 

 the initial letters of their names (H. = Hull, G. = Grainger, Sp. = 

 Stirrup, St. = Stewart, P. = Praeger) : — 



Anomia ephippixiyn. H. G. Sp. 



St. 

 Ostrea eduUs. G. P. 

 Pecten varius. G. 

 P. maxiinus. S. P. 

 Kellia sulorhicularis. G. 

 Lucina lorealis. G. Sp. St. P. 

 Cardium edule. H. G. Sp. St. P. 

 C. exiguum. Sp. 

 Cyprina islandica. P. 

 Venus lincta. S. 

 Tapes pullastra. G. Sp. P. 

 T. decussatus. P, 

 Tellina balthica. S. 

 T. tenuis. G. 

 Mactra species. Sp. 



Scrolicularia alba. Sp. 



Corbula gibba. G. 



Saxicava rugosa. G. 



Patella vulgata. H. G. Sp. 



Selcion pellucidum. G. 



M. pellucidum, var. Icevis. Sp. 



Trochus cinerareus. G. Sp. P. 



T. umbilicatus. H. Sp. 



T. magus. G. 



T. zizyphimus. G. P. 



Littorina obtusata. 11. G. Sp. 



St. P. 

 L. litorea. H. G. Sp. St. P. 

 L. rudis. G. Sp. St. P. 

 Rissoa membranacea. H. 

 Turritella terebra. G. P. 



' Brit. Assoc. Eeport, 1872. 



2 Brit. Assoc. Report, 1874. 



3 Proc. B. N. F. C, 1886-87, p. 519. 

 * Ibid., 1889-90, p. 198. 



