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and France. It has been recorded from the Shetlands (Norman), 

 the Firth of Forth (Scott), Northumberland and Durham 

 (Norman and Brady), the Channel Islands (Sinel), the western 

 part of the Channel (Crawshay), the Firth of Clyde (Patience) 

 and Boulogne (Giard). It occurs along the whole of the French 

 coast, from the southern part of the Bay of Biscay to Calais 

 (Bouvier). 



Vertical Distribution. — It is essentially a shallow water 

 species having been taken only from between tide marks down 

 to about thirty fathoms. It occurs most frequently in depths 

 of from four to eight fathoms. 



Irish Distribution. — It has been recorded from the following 

 localities : Portaferry (Thompson), Belfast and Dublin (Kina- 

 han) and Galway (Melville). The records of the specimens 

 taken by the Helga show that it occurs all round the Irish coasts. 



Helga. 



Granuaile VII.— 3 in '99.— About 1 ml. N.E. of Blacksod 



Light, Co. Mayo. 3 J fms. Dredge. — Five 5-6 mm 

 Ballynakill XX.— 21. iii. 99.— Ballynakill Harbour. 4 fms.^ 



Dredge. — One. 

 Bofin XXXVII.— 28 vi '99.— Bofin Harbour, 15-16 fms., 



shells. Dredge. Temperature 11*2° C. — Seven. 

 L. 180.— 22 XI '02.— Off Coastguard Bay, 4-8 fms. Dredge. 



— ^One. 

 L. 310. — 12 III '04. — Coastguard Deep. 6-8 fms. Dredge. 



— One ovigerous, ^ 4 mm. 

 L. 313.-15 III '04.-53° 35' N., 10° 1' W., 3-5 fms. Dredge. 



— One. 

 A. 5.— 1 VI '04.— J ml. S. by E. of Mutton Island, 6 fms. 



Dredge. — One. 

 R. 21.— 15 VIII '06.— 6J mis. E.S.E. of Mine Head, 29 fms., 



sand Trawl. " Temperature 10*94° C. — Two. 

 S. 509.-26 II '07.— 3 mis. E. by S. of Dalkey Tower, 16 fms., 



sand. Dredge. — Several. 

 W. 98.— 27 V '09.— 9 mis. E.S.E. of Clare Island Lighthouse, 



15 fms. Dredge. — Three. 

 W. 100.— 27 V '09.-41 mis. E. by S. of Clare Island Light- 

 house 19| fms. Dredge. — Four. 

 W. 124.— 18 IX '09.— Blacksod Bay, 4i fms.. Dredge.— 



Many, one ovigerous $ . 

 W. 126.— 18 IX '09.— Blacksod Bay, 7-8 fms. Dredge.— 



Several. 

 W. 127.-18 IX '09.— Blacksod Bay, 8-9 fms. Dredge.— 



One. 

 W. 129.— 10-15 III '10.— Blacksod Bay, shore.— Six. 

 W. 131.— 11 III '10.— Blacksod Bay, shore.— Many. 

 W. 132.— 12 III '10.— Blacksod Bay, shore.— Many. Two 



ovigerous $ . 

 W. 133.— 12 III '10.— Blacksod Bay, 4 fms.. Dredge. 



Two, 5 mm. 



