42 8 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Previous Irish Records : — Valentia (Walker) and Boundstone (Norman). 

 Distribution : — Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic and North Sea from Norway 

 to France, Mediterranean, Azores. 



Leucothoe lilljeborgii Boeck. 



Killary Bay, 7 faths., two. 

 New to Ireland. 



Distribution : — North Atlantic and North Sea from South Norway to 

 France, Mediterranean. 



Family METOPIIDAE. 



Metopa rubrovittata G. 0. Sars. 



Ballinakill Harbour, from Hydractinia ecJiinata, two. 

 New to Ireland. 



Distribution : — Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic and North Sea from Norway 

 to France. 



Family STENOTHOIDAE. 



Stenothoe monoculoides (Montagu). 



Blacksod Bay, 1-3 faths., two. Clare Island, south shore of Portanibb, 

 one. 3f miles N.W. of Clare Island light, 25 faths., one. Ballinakill and 

 Bonn Harbours, frequent in tow-nets. 



Previous Irish Records : — Valentia (Walker) ; Belfast Bay (Kinahan) ; 

 Sligo (Bate) ; Ardbear Bay (Brady and Bobertson) ; Koundstone (Norman). 



Distribution : — North Atlantic and adjoining seas from Norway to the 

 Azores, Mediterranean. 



Stenothoe marina (Bate). 



Clare Island, 13-29 faths., nine. Ballinakill Harbour, three. Bofin 

 Harbour, one. 



Previous Irish Records : — Valentia ( Walker) ; Donegal Bay, Bray Head, 

 Valentia (Norman) ; Porcupine Station 6, 90 faths. 



Distribution : — North Atlantic and North Sea from Norway to France, 

 Adriatic. 



Family COLOMASTIGIDAE. 

 Colomastix pusilla Grube. 

 5 miles N.W. by W. of Clare Island light, 29 faths., one. Inishlyre 

 Harbour, 5 faths., one. 

 New to the district. 



Previous Irish Record : — Birterbuy Bay (Brady and Eobertson). 

 Distribution : — West and South coasts of the British Isles, France and 

 the Mediterranean. 



