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Vaginulina legumen, {Linn. ). 



Large and abundant in the deep water of Strangford Lough. 



Vaginulina linearis, {Montagu). 



Large and abundant in the deep water in the vicinity of the Maiden Light- 

 houses. 



Tinoporus lucidus, Brady MS. 



Generally distributed, but usually occurring in a very fragmentary state. 

 Living specimens were found in the deep water in Strangford Lough, as also in 

 the vicinity of the Maiden Lighthouses. This species is abundant in Dog's 

 Bay, Connemara ; it also occurs in Kinsale Harbour,- and Cork Harbour. A 

 few examples have been met with in the Estuarine Clay, Magheramorne, County 

 Antrim. 



DlSCORBINA PARISIENSIS, (D" 1 Orb.). 



This species has not hitherto been recorded as British. It was first found 

 in shore sand near Greyabbey, Strangford Lough; spire depressed, and exhibit- 

 ing in fine state the characteristic dotted lines on the inferior surface. It has 

 since been found in abundance in several of the shallow water gatherings in 

 Belfast Lough, the specimens being usually more conical than those from Grey- 

 abbey (see figs 2a, 2b). It has been also found in Kinsale Harbour, and occurs, 

 fossil, in the Estuarine Clay at Magheramorne, County Antrim. Mr. H. B. 

 Brady writes me with reference to this species : — " The specimens of Discorbina 

 parisiensis are all very minute, and they vary considerably in contour, some 

 having the thin sharp edge, and low conical figure of D'Orbigny's Models, 

 whilst others are round-edged and thicker; all have the characteristic striation 

 of the inferior surface. The latter variety approximates closely to the charac- 

 ters of D. obtusa, and suggests the near relationship of the two forms. It should 

 be observed that D. parisiensis has been obtained of the Rev. A. M. Norman, 

 in dredgings from the North Atlantic, whilst D. obtusa is not only of frequent 

 occurrence in the Arctic Seas, but has been found on our own shores." 



