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far it has been confused with stellata. It has been recorded 



from the Kattegat (Stephensen), the north-east of Scotland 



(Sim), the Channel Islands (Sinel), the south of England 

 (Norman) and the Mediterranean (Adensamer). 



Irish Distribution. — It is not mentioned in the lists of 

 Kinahan, Melville, and Thomson, but must nevertheless be 

 fairly common all round the coast. Its burrowing habits make 

 it difficult of capture. 



Helga. 



Bofin XCIX.— 21 VIII '99. Shore collecting.— One male, 



22 mm. 

 Bofin CLXXVII.— 7 viii '00. Between Inishskinny and 



Dog-fish Rock, 6-10 fms., Mosquito net on surface. — 



One, immature, 5' 5 mm. 

 W. 40.— 7 IX '05. Galway Bay, Black Head to Loo Rock. 



12 fms., in stomach of Raia clavata. — Three males, 



80-48 m.m. 

 R. 30.— 17 VIII '06. 9J mis. S.E. by S. of Mine Head, 37 J- 



39 fms. Sand Grab. — One, 30 mm. 



Vertical Distribution. — From littoral zone down to about 40 fms. 



Upogebia stellata, (Montagu.) 



Gebia stellata, Bell, 1853. 

 Gebia stellata, Meinert, 1893. 

 Upogebia stellata, Borradaile, 1903. 

 Gebia stellata, Stephensen, 1910. 

 Upogebia stellata, de Morgan, 1910. 



A good description of this species will be found in de Morgan's 

 paper (1910). 



Size. — It is usually about half the size of the preceding 

 species. 



General Distribution. — It has been recorded from the south- 

 west coast of Norway (G. O. Sars), Bohuslan (Loven), the 

 Kattegat (Meinert), Heligoland and the Dutch coast (Metzrer), 

 Belgium (Tesch), Channel Islands (Norman). It is also known 

 from the following British localities : Moray Firth (Scott) 

 Aberdeen (Sim), St. Andrews (M'Intosh), Northumberland 

 (Norman), and Plymouth (de Morgan). 



Irish Distribution. — This species has not so far been recorded 

 from the Irish coasts. 



