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it that I have always heard the name " Lady Cockle " applied. Beyond the 

 records given, I do not know of M. solida var. truncata having been taken in 

 the neighbourhood. 



IiUtraria elliptica, Lamarck. 



Burrowing deeply in sand and mud, at and below low water mark ; 

 common. ' ' Like My a arenaria, plentiful in localities on all sides of the coast ' ' 

 — Thompson (sub L. vulgaris). Dredged occasionally (dead) by Hyndman, 

 and alive in 12-15 fathoms by Dickie off Strangford Lough. Newcastle, 

 Ballyholme, Cultra, Redbay, Ballycastle and Portrush may be mentioned as 

 localities, and on the Derry coast it is very abundant. Bev. Canon Grainger, 

 D.D., informs me that the young shells of this species are called " aprons" 

 on Magilligan strand. 



lutraria oblonga, Chemnitz. 



"Magilligan, Mr. Hyndman" — Thompson (sub L. Mans). 



Scroblcularia prismatica, Montagu. 



Magilligan, Belfast Bay, and from 50 fathoms off the South Rock, Co. Down 

 — Thompson (sub Amphidesma prismatica). " Living, rare, in 20 fathoms off 

 Black Head ", and frequent in a dead state, 1-27 fathoms — Hyndman ; living 

 both in and outside of Strangford Lough, in 7-20 fathoms — Dickie (sub 

 Syndosmya prismatica) . 



Scroblcularia nltida, Mutter. 



Near Portaferry in Strangford Lough — Thompson (sub Amphidesma inter- 

 media). Living, rare, in deep water off Belfast Lough, and in 4-5 fathoms 

 in Larne Lough — Hyndman (sub Syndosmya intermedia). Dickie dredged it 

 alive in 15 fathoms in Strangford Lough, and also, in abundance, in 25-26 

 fathoms in the open channel, 6-7 miles from the bar, on a bottom of fine mud. 



Scrobicularia alba, Wood. 



Belfast and Strangford Loughs, sparingly, oozy sand, 8-10 fathoms — 

 Thompson (sub Amphidesma Boysii). Living in Belfast Lough, in 8 to 12 

 fathoms — Hyndman ; and in Strangford Lough, in 6 to 20 fathoms — Dickie 

 (sub Syndosmya alba). In a dead state it has been dredged at all depths. 

 Living, common, in 6-8 fathoms off Bangor— Mr. S. A. Stewart. 



var. curta. " Lough Strangford ("Waller) ; Larne, Co. Antrim (J.G-.J.)" — 

 Jeffreys. 



Scrobicularia tenuis, Montagu. 



" I have received specimens of this well-marked species from Larne Lough, 

 County of Antrim " — Thompson. Thompson's specimens from this locality 

 are in the Belfast Museum- It does not appear to have been found since. 



Scrobicularia piperata, Bellonius. 



" Tbis should not perhaps have been noted in the Belfast Bay column, as 

 though not uncommon in a dead state, it has not been found alive to my 

 knowledge" — Thompson (sub Lutraria compressa). "Has not been found riving, 



