APPENDIX. 489 



Thompson. Forbes and Hanley. 



Solen vagina Solen marginatus 



S. legumen Ceratisolen legumen 



S. antiquatus Solecurtiis coarctatus 



S. strigilatus S. candidus 



Pholas papyracea Pholadidea papyracea 



Teredo bipalmulata Teredo palmulata 



TUNICATA. 



Ascidia rustica Cynthia rustiea 



A. tubulosa Molgula tubulosa 



A. grossularia Cynthia grossularia 



Phallusia intestinalis Ascidia intestinalis 



Botryllus Leachii Botrylloides Leachii 



II. ADDITIONS TO THE FAUNA OF IRELAND. 



The following additions to the Fauna of Ireland have been announced 

 since Mr. Thompson's death (Feb. 1852). We have not sought, as he 

 would have done, to investigate the nature of the claim put forward on 

 behalf of any species to be enrolled in the Irish Fauna, but give them on 

 the responsibility of the several gentlemen whose names are appended. 



Mammalia. 

 Vespertilio mystacinus. 



County Clare, Dr. Kinahan, Dublin Natural History Eeview, vol. i. p. 

 248. 



Birds. 

 Malacorynchus membranaceus. 

 Castlemaine Bay, Co. Kerry, Wm. Andrews, Esq. Dublin N. H. Rev., 

 vol. i. p. 25, 76.* 



Pttffimis obscurus. 

 Valentia, Co. Kerry, Watter's Birds of Ireland. 



Fishes. 

 Batistes capriscus. ~^ 



Galway Bav, Prof. Melville. See Dr. Cane, Dublin N. H. Rev., vol. i. 

 p. 161. 



Polyprion cernium. 

 Dingle Bay, W. Andrew^s, Esq., Dublin N. H. Rev., vol. ii. p. 38, 



Lcpidopns argyreus. 

 Dublin Bay, Dr. Ball, Dublin N. H. Rev., vol. ii. p. 45. 



MOLLUSCA. 

 Missoa fitlyida. 

 Arran, Ireland. Cork Harbour. Bantry Bay. Forbes and Hanley. 



* Dr. Ball thinks tlrnt this bird could not have occurred in Kerry, except as 

 one escaped from confinement. — Ed. 



