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On the recurrence of Upogebia deltaura, Leach, in the Moray 

 Firth. An apparently full-grown specimen of Upogebia deltaura was 

 taken from the stomach of a Haddock captured at Station VII., 

 Moray Firth, z'.r. a few miles south-eastward of Tarbetness. The 



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specimen was obtained by Mr. F. G. Pearcey, naturalist on board the 

 Fishery steamer "Garland," on the i2th of February last, and 

 forwarded to the Laboratory at Bay of Nigg, Aberdeen. The 

 specimen was considerably damaged from the treatment it had 

 received through the teeth of its captor ; happily, however, some of 

 the more important appendages of the Crustacean such as the 

 claws (chelipeds), trunk-legs, uropods, and telson were more or 

 less intact. As the Upogebitz are not, like the shore-crabs, found 

 every day, they are necessarily scarcely so well known, and I 

 was therefore at first somewhat at a loss what to make of the 

 specimen. In his " British Stalk-eyed Crustacea," Professor Bell uses 

 the name Gebia for the two British species, but Mr. Stebbing points 

 out that Upogebia has priority. Those who wish for further informa- 

 tion on this point should consult " A History of Recent Crustacea," 

 by Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing (International Scientific Series, vol. 

 xxiv.). Upogebia deltaura and Upogebia stellata were found for. the 

 first time in Scottish waters by Thomas Edward of Banff, and I am 

 not aware of either of them having been found since ; the present 

 record is therefore the more interesting. There seems to be some 

 doubt as to whether Upogebia deltaura and Upogebia stellata are 

 really distinct. The most important difference between them is in 

 the form of the inner uropods. In the former the inner uropods 

 are "truncated and deltoid," or shaped somewhat like an equi- 

 lateral triangle ; while in the latter they are " subacuminate," that 

 is, the outer distal angle of these appendages is distinctly more 

 produced than the inner angle. There appear to be other slight 

 differences, but the two forms are apparently very closely related. 

 The length of the specimen now recorded is approximately about 

 2 inches. T. SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



On the occurrence of Maeropsis slabberi ( V. Hen.) in the 

 Moray Firth. This somewhat remarkable Schizopod has been 

 obtained in some tow-net gatherings recently collected in the 

 Moray Firth. Its occurrence there extends the British distribution 

 of the species considerably northward. Maeropsis slabberi is readily 

 distinguished from all other British Schizopods by its remarkably 

 elongated eyestalks and slender form. When living and swimming, 

 this little Crustacean is almost transparent, and, but for its large, 

 intensely black eyes, is nearly invisible to the unpractised eye of the 

 onlooker. When killed by being immersed in spirit, the creature 

 becomes whitish in colour, but the eyes still retain their intense 

 blackness. I have obtained Maeropsis in the Firth of Forth, where 

 it was first discovered as British by Dr. Henderson (now of Calcutta), 



