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Argulus foliaeeus in the Edinburgh District. On the 26th of 

 August my daughter, Miss Carphin, found among the Anacharis in 

 the canal, near Meggatlandgate, several specimens of this curious 

 Crustacean. About six of them were free, while one was attached 

 to a Stickleback. This, the only British representative of the Branch- 

 iura, has not, so far as I know, been hitherto recorded for the 

 Edinburgh district. JANET CARPHIN, Edinburgh. 



Echinus aeutus, Lamk., on the East Coast of Scotland. This 

 rare " Urchin," which was first made known as British by Dr. 

 Fleming, under the name of Echinus miliaris, and which was accord- 

 ing to the same authority "found in deep water off Zetland," has of 

 late been brought into Aberdeen by the trawl-fishers. Some of the 

 specimens were taken off the Pentland Skerries, and two were 

 brought in by one man, which had been procured forty miles off 

 Aberdeen. And on 23rd August last I had the pleasure of seeing 

 another specimen, in the possession of Mr. Thomas Scott, which 

 he had caught on Smith's Bank while conducting experiments in 

 the interest of the Fishery Board of Scotland. In the excellent 

 "Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum," 

 published in 1892, and written by Professor F. Jeffrey Bell, in speaking 

 of the distribution of this form, he mentions amongst other places the 

 " North Sea." By these additional captures we are now able to speak 

 more definitely as to the actual parts of the Scottish East Coast off 

 which this fine Echinoderm may be obtained. GEO. SIM, Aberdeen. 



Notes on Mollusea collected in South Perthshire and Clack- 

 mannan. In the " Annals " for July Mr. Roebuck gave a list of shells 

 collected by me in the Bridge of Allan, Abbey Craig, and Blairlogie 

 districts of South Perthshire and Clackmannan. I now send you 

 the names of a few more which have been authenticated, collected 

 in the same localities : Pisidium amnicum, from the river Forth, 

 Cornton and Lecropt burns ; P. pitsi/lum, v. edentula, from a mill 

 dam at Pendreich ; Unio margarififer, from the Forth ; Limntza 

 truncatula, from a ditch in Cornton and Manor Pow where it joins the 

 Forth; Amalia marginata (M'Lellan), from Inchmahome, Lake of 

 Menteith; Limax maximus, from railway and hedge banks in Cornton; 

 L. dnereo-niger,or\Q specimen was found in October 1892 on the Abbey 

 Craig ; Helix aspersa, found about Blairlogie and Bridge of Allan ; H. 

 nemoralis, v. rubella, found about Bridge of Allan ; H. rufescens, found 

 in the garden of Dr. Paterson, Bridge of Allan (this snail appeared 

 to be very partial to the decayed leaves of the Yucca gloriosa, for 

 nearly all the specimens seen were feeding upon them) ; H. hispida, 

 v. nitidulus, collected on Abbey Craig, and about some hedgebanks ; 

 Pupa cylindracea and v. albina (the common form is widely 

 diffused throughout the district, but a few specimens of the v. albina 

 have been found on the Abbey Craig only, as were one or two speci- 

 of the v. edentula). GILBERT M'DOUGALL, Stirling. 

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