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Vaginulina legumen, (Linn . ). 
Large and abundant in the deep water of Strangford Lough. 
Vaginulina linearis, {Montagu). 
Large and abundant in the deep water in the vicinity of the Maiden Light- 
houses. 
TiNOPORUS LUCIDUS, Brady MS. 
Generally distributed, but usually occurring in a very fragmentary state. 
Living specimens were found in the deep water in Strangford Lough, as also in 
the vicinity of the Maiden Lighthouses. This species is abundant in Dog’s 
Bay, Connemara ; it also occurs in Kinsale Harbour,- and Cork Harbour. A 
few examples have been met with in the Estuarine Clay, Magheramorne, County 
Antrim. 
Discorbina parisiensis, (D'Orb.). 
This species has not hitherto been recorded as British. It was first found 
in shore sand near Greyabbey, Strangford Lough; spire depressed, and exhibit- 
ing in fine state the characteristic dotted lines on the inferior surface. It has 
since been found in abundance in several of the shallow water gatherings in 
Belfast Lough, the specimens being usually more conical than those from Grey- 
abbey (see figs 2 a, 2 b). It has been also found in Kinsale Harbour, and occurs, 
fossil, in the Estuarine Clay at Magheramorne, County Antrim. Mr. H. B. 
Brady writes me with reference to this species “ The specimens of Discorbina 
farisiensis are all very minute, and they vary considerably in contour, some 
having the thin sharp edge, and low conical figure of D’Orbigny’s Models, 
whilst others are round-edged and thicker; all have the characteristic stnation 
of the inferior surface. The latter variety approximates closely to the charac- 
ters of D. obtusa , and suggests the near relationship of the two forms. It should 
be observed that D . parisiensis has been obtained of the Rev. A. M. Norman, 
in dredgings from the North Atlantic, whilst D. obtusa is not only of frequent 
occurrence in the Arctic Seas, but has been found on our own shores.” 
