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beaches. Inhabits below low-water mark. Red Bay, Co. Antrim, W. T. ; 

 Dundalk Bay, Mr. Hjaidman ; Killery Bay, dredged from a few fathoms 

 by our party, in 1840. Ardmore, Mrs. Mackesy. 



P. vespertina, Turt. 



Bantry Bay, Brown. Portmarnoek, Turt., rare. From Lame Lough, 

 Co. Antrim, a specimen has been sent me. 



I have not noted any specimens from the Dublin or other eastern coast, 

 as seen in collections or obtained there ; hence Portmarnoek remains on 

 Turton's authority only. Youghal, Bantry Bay, Dr. Ball, to whom it is 

 unknown as a Dublin species. One specimen found in Cork Harbour, 

 Mr. Humphreys. Galway coast, Professor W. H. Harvey. Birterbuy 

 Bay, Dr. Farran. 



Genus Solen. 

 S. vagiiin, Linn. 

 Dublin coast, Br. Turt. This species seems chiefly to be met with on 

 the most extensive sandy beaches. A specimen has been given me as 

 from Larne Lough. 



S. siliqua, Linn. 

 Most common of the genus on our coast generally. 



S. ensis, Linn. 



Dublin coast, common, Br. Turt. Common on sandy coasts. Bally- 

 sodare, Mrs. Hancock. Clew and Clifden Bays, W. T. In abundance at 

 Birterbuy Bay, where iS'. siliqua is rare. Dr. Farran. 



S. pellucidus, Penn. 



Dublin coast, Turt. Catal. Dredged chiefly from about 3 to 6 fathoms, 

 on sandy ground in Belfast and Strangford Loughs, H. and T. Dundalk 

 Bay, Mr. Hyndman. Not a common species. 



May 10th, 1847. — Solen pellucidus. — Two plaice bought in Belfast 

 market to-day had their stomachs wholly, filled with broken remains of 

 this shell. 



S. leyumen, Linn. 



Dublin Bay, Br. Turt. (Irish Catalogues.) "Plentiful on the East 

 coast from Cork to Belfast," Brown's Illust. p. 113, 2nd edit. This re- 

 mark gives quite too extensive an idea of its distribution. Specimens 

 from the extensive sandy coasts of Louth and Dublin only have come 

 under my notice ; if the species be found so far North as Down, it must 

 be only on the more southern part of it. 



Bantry Bay, Mr. Humphreys, &c. 



S. antiquatus, Pult. 



Portmarnoek, Br. Turt. Red Bay and Larne Lough, Co. Antrim — 

 Strangford Lough, 8 — 10 fathoms, soft sand, W. T. 

 Dublin coast, Dr. Ball. 



S. striffilatus, Turt. 



« Found at Howth, by Mr. Tardy," Turt. C. D. Bantry Bay, Dr. Ball. 



