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MALACOSTEACA FKOM THE WEST COAST OF 

 IEELAND. 



By Alfred 0. Walker, F.L.S. 



[Read Dec. 10th, 1897.] 



In presenting the following list of Malacostraca, chiefly 

 from the West of Ireland, and especially from Valentia 

 Harbour, a few introductory remarks on my visit to that 

 locality will not, I hope, be considered out of place. 



On Aug. 21st, 1896, in consequence of an invitation 

 from Mr. E. T. Browne, I arrived at Valentia. Here I found 

 Prof. Weiss, Messrs. Brown, F. W. Gamble, Beaumont, 

 and Hill already established. Mainly through the kind 

 assistance of the Kev. A. Delap, Vicar of Valentia, they 

 had secured a large building known as Fishmonger's 

 Hall, and used as a recreation room by the fishermen 

 who resort to Valentia in the mackerel season. It con- 

 sisted of a large room with good windows, each provided 

 with a large deal table, and two smaller rooms opening 

 out of it, but with separate entrances from outside. One 

 of these was used as a depot for vessels containing the 

 dredged stuff in sea- water waiting examination, while the 

 smaller was used as a workroom when the other tables 

 were occupied. We had all brought our own microscopes, 

 preserving fluids, books, &c, so that for practical purposes 

 we had a really excellent Biological Station. I was 

 forcibly struck by the great advantages of the combination 

 of such a temporary station with the co-operation which 

 exists when several biologists work at it on different 



