of the North of Ireland. 73 



from below low water mark to a few fathoms, on sand " — Thompson. Dickie 

 dredged it living outside Strangford Lough, in 7-15 fathoms: Hyndman 

 records dead specimens only. 

 Tellina squalida, Pulteney. 



Not a common species anywhere ; rare in our province, and in a dead state 

 only. "Bed Bay, Co. Antrim, Mrs. J. Thomson Tennant " — Thompson; 

 specimens from this locality are in the Belfast Museum. Dredged by Hynd- 

 man on the Turbot Bank ; in shallow water in Brown's Bay, Island Magee ; 

 and in 20 fathoms off Black Head {sub T. incamata). 

 Tellina donaclna, Linne. 



Strangford Lough— Thompson ; whether living or dead not specified. 

 Dead in Strangford Lough — Dickie ; and on the Turbot Bank — Hyndman. 

 The latter obtained a single live specimen in 20 fathoms, gravel bottom, on 

 the Cod Bank, north of Isle of Muck. 

 Tellina pusllla, Philippi. 



" Dead, valves united, from the Turbot Bank sand" — Hyndman, 1859 

 Eeport (sub T. pygmad). 

 Psammobla telllnella, Lamarck. 



Living in Belfast and Strangford Loughs, and the waters adjoining, in 

 depths ranging from 7 to 30 fathoms — Thompson, Hyndman, and Dickie. 

 Dead valves were dredged in Larne Lough and other places. 

 Psammobla costulata, Turton. 



A single valve, found by Jeffreys in Turbofc Bank sand which was forwarded 

 to him by Hyndman, is the only trace of this species in our province. 

 Psammobla Ferrbensis, Chemnitz. 



" Commonly thrown ashore on most sandy beaches. Inhabits below low- 

 water mark " — Thompson. Hyndman and Dickie never seem to have taken 

 it alive, but in a dead state it occurred in most of their dredgings. Thrown 

 up alive by the tide at Castlerock, Co. Derry, and Cultra, Co. Down— B. LI. P. 



Psammobla vespertlna, Chemnitz. 



" From Larne Lough, Co. Antrim, a specimen has been sent me " — 

 Thompson. This appears to be the only published note of its occurrence in the 

 North of Ireland. I have before me over a dozen single valves, some of them 

 quite fresh, which -were picked up in about twenty minutes' search on the 

 beach at Cultra, Co. Down ; it evidently lives in some quantity at no great 

 distance from that place. 



Donas vlttatus, Da Costa. 



" Generally common on extensive sandy beaches. Plentiful close to low 

 water mark at Magilligan, where it is collected by the people for food. 

 Dredged plentifully, but of small size, on pure sand, at a few fathoms' 

 depth, off Newcastle, Co. Down, Mr. Hyndman and W.T." — Thompson (sub 

 D. trunculus). The dredgings of Hyndman and Dickie, being generally in 



