4° Praeger — Fossils at Alexandra Dock, Belfast. 



Cypraea Europsea, 



Our little cowry is extremely rare. The upper clay yielded one specimen, 

 and the yellow sand another. 



* Cyllchna cylindracea, Penn. 



In the upper clay, very rare. 



* Utrlculus mammillatus, Phil. 



A fragment of a shell of this tiny species in the yellow sand made me look for 



more, and I discovered a perfect specimen in the upper clay. 

 f Utriculus obtusus, Mont. 



In the upper clay and yellow sand, but few and far between. 

 Utriculus nyallnus, Tart. 



One specimen was discovered inside the closed valves of a Tapes, in the 



lower clay. (Plentiful in the Belfast bed, Stewart). 

 Acera bullata, Miill. 



In profusion in the upper clay, but so fragile that it is well nigh impossible 



to obtain a perfect specimen. 

 Actseon tornatilis, Linn. 



One dilapidated specimen in the upper clay. 

 Scaphander lignarius, Linn. 



Lower clay, very rare. 

 Pniline aperta, Linn. 



Very frequent in the upper clay and yellow sand. 



* Pniline scabra, Miill. 



In the lower clay, very rare. 



t Melampus bidentatus, Mont. 

 Upper clay, very scarce. 



Anomia ephippium, Linn. 



Quite abundant in the upper and lower clay and yellow sand, n every 

 variety of shape and size. I obtained one beautiful specimen adhering to 

 the flat valve of a large Pecten maximus, with ridges on both valves as 

 high and regular as those on the Pecten, and measuring four inches in 

 diameter. 



* Anomia aculeata, Miill. 



Two or three specimens occurred in the yellow sand. 

 Anomia patelliformls, Linn. 



Very rare. One specimen was obtained in the yellow sand. (Rare, Grainger) . 



* Anomia patelliformls, var. striata, F. $■ II. 



Yellow sand, a single valve. 

 Ostrea edulis, Linn. 



The Oyster is abundant throughout the deposits. Fine examples occur in 

 numbers in the upper clay, the colours in the interior as vivid as if the 

 animal had inhabited the shell but yesterday. 



