47 So Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. - 



Arabella iricolor Montagu. 



1910. Arabella tricolor. Mcintosh, p. 39-5. 



This species is fairly common in Blaeksod Bay, where it lives under 

 stones on the shore, and especially between the layers of schist. It is also 

 occasionally found in Laminaria roots and in the sand of Zostera beds. 

 Habitat. — Blacksod Bay — Found on the shore on 1 occasions. 

 Distribution. — South coast of England: Channel Islands: France; Canaries; 

 Naples ; South Africa ; Japan ; -Juan Fernandez ; Straits of 

 Magellan : Persian Gulf. 



Notocirrus scoticus Mcintosh. 



1910. Noiocirrus scoticus. Mcintosh, p. 400. 



A single specimen only of this species was found in Clew Bay. on a bottom 

 of sand. 



HabitaL — Clew Bay — Dredged in 16-17 fms., 4 miles east of Clare 



Island. 

 Bi< f .ributio)>. — Hebrides ; Irish Sea, oh Peel. 



Onuphis britannica Mcintosh. 



1910. Onuphis britannica. Mcintosh, p. 404 



ilature specimens were found in May. This species lives on a bottom of 

 sand or sand)' mud. 



Habitat. — Clew Bay— Dredged on 10 occasions in various parts of the 



bay, in 7-19 fms. 

 Hist rib at ion. — British Isles ; Ceylon ? Probably frequently recorded as 



Onuphis conchylega Sars. 



Hyalinoeeia sicula (Quatrefages). 



1910. Hyalinoeeia sicula, Mcintosh, p. 417. 



This species is a characteristic member of the fauua found on a bottom of 

 sand, muddy sand, or gravel — a fauna which is comparatively rich in species 

 of the Family Eunicidae. It was frequently found in Clew Bay. 



In his definition of the genus Hyalinoeeia. Mcintosh (1910, p. 417) states 

 that the body terminates in two long anal cirri, whereas there are four — two 

 long and two short. 



Habitat. — Clew Bay — Dredged on eight occasions in 10-21 fms., in 

 various parts of the bay. 



Distribution. — British Isles: Mediterranean ; Gulf ol St. Lawrcucc, 



