A HISTORY 3. Craipedochilus onyx, Spengler. Trawled upon rock from rather deep water ; common. Hastings. 4. Craipedochilus albus, Linnaeus.t Brighton. 5. Craspedochilus cinereus, Linnaeus. Upon rocks near low water ; not un- common. Hastings. 6. Acanthochiets fasckularis, Linnxus. Common upon rocks at low tide. Hast- ings. PELECYPODA PROTOBRANCHIA NUCULID.^ 7. Nucula nucleus, Linnsus. Common from the coralline zone. Hast- ings. 8. Nucula nitida, Sowerby.* Somewhat rare. Hastings. 9. Nuculana minuta var. hrevirostris, Jef- freys. Rare. Rye Bay. FILIBRANCHIA ANOMIACEA Anomiid^ 10. Anomla ephippium, Linnasus. Not uncommon upon trawled rock, etc. Hastings. Anomia ephippium var. aculeata, Muller. Small ; rare. Hastings. 11. Anomia patelliformis, hinnaeus. Often within or upon other dead bivalve shells. Not uncommon ; trawled. Hast- ings. ARC ACE A Arcid^ 12. Glycy glycymeris, Linnasus. Common upon the Diamond Ground. Hastings. Glycymeris glycymeris var. pilosa, Linnaeus. Common. Hastings. Glycymeris glycymeris (?) var. globosa, Jef- freys. Hastings. 13. Barbatia lactea, hinnseus. Rather rare, Hastings. OF SUSSEX MTTILACEA MVTILID^ 14. Mtilus edulis, Linnaeus. Very common. Hastings. Mytilus edulis var. pellucida. Pennant. Somewhat rare. Hastings. 15- Volsella modiola, Linnseus. Not uncommon. Hastings. 16. Volsella harbata, Linnasus. Upon trawled rock and shells ; com- mon. Hastings. 17. Volsella adriatica, Lamarck.* Very rare. Hastings. 18. Modiolaria marmorata, Forbes. Harboured within the tests of Tunicates, and amongst the root fibres of the hydroid Antennularia. Not very common. Hast- ings. 19. Modiolaria discors, Linnasus. t Brighton. PSEUDOLAMELLIBRANCHIA Ostreidj?: 20. Ostrea edulis, Linnaeus. Common. Hastings. Pectinid^ 21. Pecten maximus, Linnaus. The scallops from the English side of the Channel are much covered with animal growth ; those from the French side are much cleaner and more variegated in colour. The winter of 1895-6 was so severe that the cold killed off all the scallops from the Hastings grounds, and the beds have not as yet been replenished, only one or two being occasionally taken. Hastings. 22. Hinnites pusio, Linnaeus. Upon trawled rock, etc. Rather rare. Hastings. 23. Chlamys vorius, Linnsus. A shell running through many most delicate shades of yellow, orange, puce and brown. Moored by the byssus to rocks, dead shells, etc. ; trawled. Hastings. 24. jEquipecten opercularis, Linnafus. Shell displaying every shade of colour between white, yellow, orange, brown and purple, with combinations of these colours. 96
