KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 50- N:0 5- 27 



Bank, 12 — 23 fms (Metzger 1875; Hargreaves 1910, + var. lactea). — German and Dutch 

 North Sea Coast, 10—20 fms (Metzger 1875). — All British coasts (Jeffreys 1867). — 

 Faroe Islands, dead shells (Mörcli 1868). — Off the Irish coasts, 173—1230 fms (+ var. 

 lactea; Jeffreys 1885, Nichols 1900). — N. Bay of Biscay, 109—146 fms (Reynell 1909). 

 France, common, to 248 m (Locard 1892, 1899). — Spain (Mc Andrew 1857, Jeffreys 

 1885). — Portugal (Nobre 1905). — Mediterranean and Aegean, 5—45 fms (Carus 1890). 

 — Africa, Tangier Bay (Jeffreys 1885). — W. of Sahara, 175 m (Locard 1897). Deptlis 

 to 1230 fms. Clay, sand, gravel. 



Lunatia catena (Da Costa 1778) 



= Natica monilifera Lamarck 1822. 

 Pl. 4, Figs. 19, 20. 



Habitat: 



Bohuslän (Loven), 2 shs, max. h. 23.8; ap. h. 18.7; br. 20.8; ap. br. lO.e; umb. 9.2; 

 sut. 7.7; wh. 5 Va (Fig. 20, Lovén's original). — Between Skagen and Norway, 1 frag- 

 ment of a shell of about 15 mm in height. — North Sea (Eugenie Exp. 1851): 55° 13' 

 N. 3° 45' E., 30 fms (=Vio), 2 shs, max. h. 29.4; ap. h. 23.r>; br. 28.2; ap. br. 14.6; umb. 

 11; sut. 7.7; wh. 6 +; D:o, 53° 4' N. 2° 27' E. {%,), 1 sp., h. 29.5; ap. h. 24; br. 27.3; 

 ap. br. 14.4; imib. 11; sut. 7.8; wh. 6; D:o, 51° 51' N. 1° 59' E. {%,), 2 sps, max. h. 

 27.8; ap. h. 22.7; br. I6.7; ap. br. 13.4; umb. 10; sut. 8.2; wh. 6 (Fig. 19). 



General Distribution: 



Bohuslän (Loven 1846), — W. coast of Jutland (Mörch 1871; Petersen 1888; 

 Cristensen 1907). — Kattegatt: Skagen — Lsesö rende and N. of Lsesö; between Djursland 

 and Anholt; off Grenaa; 5 — 20 fms, sand; not in E. Kattegatt (Mörch 1871; Petersen 

 1888). — E. of Skagen, 6 fms, W. of Jutland (Fanö), 10 fms; Dogger Bank, 13 fms; 

 Deep Hole, 23 fms (Metzger 1875). — Dogger Bank, »exceedingly large, common dead» 

 (Hargreaves 1910). — All the British coasts dowii to 10 fms; northwards to Shetland, 

 40—50 fms (Jeffreys 1867, 1869; Nichols 1900). — Holland and Belgium, rather com- 

 mon (Maitland 1897). — N. Bay of Biscay, 75 fms, dead (Reynell 1909). — France 

 (Locard 1892). — Spain (Mc Andrew 1857). — Mediterranean: Alger to Sicilia (Carus 

 1890). — E. of Orkney Islands, 88 m (Dautzenberg & Fischer 1912). Depths 5—75 fms. 



Lunatia Montagui (Forbes 1838).' 



Pl. 4, Figs. 16—18; Pl. 5, Fig. 21. 



Habitat: 



West coast of Svveden: Halland: N. W. and S. W. of Nidingen, 40 — 50 m, rocks, 

 clay (Zool. St. 23-25^ 1911), 2 sps, max. h. 11; ap. h. 8.0; br. lO.c; ap. br. 5.2; umb. 



^ The specimens from Kullen, meiitioned by Lilljeborg 1852^, and thosc from Kattegatt, mentioned by 

 Lönnberg 1903 are L. groenlaudica, which confer. 



