104 Praeger — The Marine Shells 



var. nana. " Occurs in Lame Lough." — Jeffreys. 



Aetaeon tornatilis, Linne. 



Generally distributed— Thompson. Dead, rare, off Bangor, and on the 

 Turhot Bank— Hyndman. Dead, rare, in Castle "Ward Bay, Strangford 

 Lough — Dickie. {Sub Tornatella fasciata by all.) Groomsport — Mr. 

 Swanston. Dead, rare, 8-10 fathoms, Belfast Bay — Mr. S. A. Stewart. 

 Port Stewart — Miss Bichardson. Frequent on the Derry coast, thrown up by 

 the tide, from the Bann to Magilligan Point — R.L1.P. It is a most elegant 

 shell. Bev. Canon Grainger informs me that at Magilligan it is locally 

 known as " beer-barrel." 



Bulla utriculus, Broechi. 



"Living, very rare. A single specimen from Groomsport many years ago ; 

 none since" — Hyndman ; and in his first list of Turbot Bank shells he notes 

 "a single dead specimen each to Dr. Dickie and G. C. BE." (subB. Cranchii). 



Scaphander lignarius, Linne. 



"Generally distributed" — Thompson {sub Bulla Lignaria). "Not 

 uncommon, of large size, off Groomsport, living, in 6 or 8 fathoms, and in 

 other places " — Hyndman ; and he dredged dead shells in depths up to 100 

 fathoms. Living in abundance, and of large size, in 6 to 8 fathoms off 

 Bangor, and from thence to Crawfordsburn— Mr. Swanston, and Mr. S. A. 

 Stewart. Fine living examples dredged in 2 fathoms off Cultra, and it is 

 occasionally thrown up by the tide between Holywood and Craigavad in 

 quantity, with the animal fresh — B.L1.P. Jeffreys states that it usually 

 frequents the coral-line zone (15-50 fathoms) ; the above notes show that in 

 our district it inhabits shallower water. Dead shells at Portrush and 

 Magilligan— R. LLP. 

 var. alba. Bangor— Belf. Mus. Coll. 

 Philine scabra, Mutter. 



"Has been found at Bundoran (Co. Donegal), by Mrs. Hancock"— 

 Thompson {sub Bulla pectinatd). Bare, dead, on the Turbot Bank — Hyndman. 

 Philine catena, Montagu. 



" Bundoran, Co. Donegal (J.G.J.) " — Jeffreys. Specimens from the same 

 station are in Thompson's collection in the Belfast Museum. 

 Philine angulata, Jeffreys. 



"Larne, Co. Antrim (J.G.J.) "—Jeffreys. 

 Philine quadrata, Searles Wood. 



" Dead, in SO fathoms off the Maidens" — Hyndman, 1859 Report. 

 Philine punctata, Clark. 



Bundoran in Co. Donegal, where it has been obtained by Mrs. Hancock 

 (fide Thompson, sub Bullcea punctata), and Jeffreys. 

 Philine aperta, Linne. 



" Generally distributed " — Thompson {Bullcea aperta). A rather common 

 species, living in sand and mud at a few fathoms depth. " Living, common, 



