206 MALACOPTEllYGII. 



another stomach afForded the Amjihidesma Boysii of large size, a specimen 

 of Dentalium, and a few specimens of Amphidesma prismatica ; after a like 

 interval the stomachs of three or four individuals were well supjilied with 

 beautiful specimens of Amphidesma prismatica, Nucida tenuis, a small 

 Anomia,Amphidcsma Lysteri (small size). Lens of fish eye. Donax tnmcidus, 

 but in the latter examinations of about a dozen altogether, at different 

 times, all shells have disappeared with the exception of the Amphidesma 

 jjrismafica, and that sparingly ; the stomach was filled with a green 

 vegetable substance, and in the last stomach which I examined, I found 

 two specimens of the T'rochus nmhilicatus. 



" It is woi-thy of remark that after October I did not obtain a single spe- 

 cimen of Cardium elonf/atiim or Amphidesma Boysii, and that, although 

 all the specimens were evidently recent, having the epidermis very per- 

 fect, nevertheless, Avith the exception oi Nucula Tenuis and Trochus cine- 

 7-ens the shtdls tcere all empty." 



The Lemon Sole, Solea Peyttsa, Yarrell. 



A specimen of this fish was obtained by Mr. W. Todhunter on the Gal- 

 way coast in 1<S4S. 



It is now in the Dublin University Museum. 



In the 2nd edition of his Br. Fishes, Mr. Yarrell inadvertently men- 

 tions this fish as Irish in connexion with my name. It had not then, so 

 far as I am informed, been met with on the Irish coast. 



Specimens sent to Dr. Ball. Length 10 inches; breadth of body, ex- 

 clusive of fins, 4 ' inches. Papillary eminences numerous on under side 

 of head, less so than in the Solea vulgaris. " Very many specimens were 

 obtained" by ^Ir. Todhunter, but the exact locality not mentioned. 

 Three specimens were sent from County Galway, Sept. 7th, 1848, by Mr. 

 Todhunter to Dr. Ball ; the largest was 12 inches in length ; the skin 

 only preserved ; it was taken at Bunowen. 



The Solenette or Little Sole, Solea Linyula, Rond., 

 3Ionochirus liuyuatulus, Cuv., 



Has been obtained on the North-East, East, South, and West coasts. 



The folloM'ing notices of this species were contributed by me to the 

 Annals Nat. Hist. vol. ii. 



" Solea Lingula, Rond.,* Red-backed Sole. — On the 23rd of August, 1836, 

 three small specimens of this fish were captured by Mr. Hyndman and myself 

 when dredging on a sandy bottom oft' Dundrum, in the County of Down. 



No. 1. Length 3| inches ; D. 68 : A. 56. 



2. — 2A — 72 56. 



3. — 2| — 66 54. 



No. 1. P. 4 upper side, 2 under side; V. 5; G. 18 altogether. 



2. 4 — 2 — 5 18 — 



3. 4 — 2 — 5 19 — 



Breadth of body of No. 1, 13 lines. In form they differ considerably from Solea 

 vulgaris, by tapering towards the tail. Dorsal and anal fins similarly connected 

 with the caudal, the last ray of each exhibiting a low inconspicuous membrane, 

 which extends to the base of the outer caudal ray — these three tins, merely 

 touching in this manner, appear at a cursory view unconnected. In the number 

 of rays in the fins, and characters generally, they correspond with Donovan's 



* Solea parva sive Lingula, Rondeletius ; see his figure of " la petite sole," p. 

 260; also Willughby's figure and description, p. 102, F. 8, fig. I. 



