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very distinct local race, possibly sufficiently well marked to form a new 

 species. It should be mentioned that the Ross-shire specimens are 

 males, and not females, as stated on the first page of my article referred 

 to. PERCY H. GRIMSHAW, Museum of Science and Art. Edinburgh. 



Echinus aeutus, Lamk., off the Aberdeenshire Coast. In the 



" Annals " for October last I had the pleasure of recording this form 

 as having been found off Aberdeen. Since then other specimens 

 have been obtained much nearer land one twenty-seven miles off 

 Aberdeen, in twenty fathoms water, while another was found nine 

 miles off in twelve fathoms. For these specimens and the informa- 

 tion regarding them, as well as of those formerly recorded, I am 

 indebted to my friend Mr. Herbert Howell, whose keen and active 

 powers of observation it would be well for others having similar 

 opportunities to take example from. G. SIM, Aberdeen. 



Maraenobiotus vejdovskyi, Mrazek, a new British Copepod, 

 in Loch Vennaehar, Perthshire. During a flying visit to the 

 Trossachs in September last I took the opportunity to collect a few 

 hand-net gatherings of the micro-invertebrates of Loch Vennaehar, 

 Loch Achray, and Loch Katrine. I intended to publish a record 

 of the result of the examination of these gatherings later on, but 

 meanwhile it may be of interest to state that among several interest- 

 ins things that have turned up in the gathering from Loch Ven- 



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nachar are a number of specimens of the Copepod mentioned above. 

 This species has not yet been recorded for the British Islands, and 

 is therefore an addition to our freshwater crustacean fauna. It 

 differs from other British Harpactids in having both branches of the 

 first pair of swimming-feet two-jointed : there are other differences, 

 but these are the most obvious. THOMAS SCOTT, Leith. 



Corycseus anglicus, Lubbock, in the Firth of Forth. -- A 



specimen of this interesting Copepod was obtained in the Firth of 

 Forth, off the Wemyss, in October last. So far as I know it has not 

 yet been recorded for Scotland. It has been obtained by us on two 

 previous occasions, also in the Firth of Forth, off St. Monans, but 

 not reported. THOMAS SCOTT, Leith. 



Liehomolgus maximus, /. C. Thompson, in the Firths of Forth 

 and Clyde. This fine Copepod was described a few years ago by 

 Mr. Isaac C. Thompson, F.L.S., of Liverpool, from specimens 

 obtained by him in Liverpool Bay. They were found within the 

 valves of a living Pecten maximus (or large scallop-shell). The species 

 appears to be " semiparasitic " in its habits. I am now able to re- 

 port its occurrence in the Firth of Forth, and also in the Firth of 

 Clyde. The Forth specimens I obtained from the common Echinus, 

 E. esculentus, in October last ; the Clyde specimens were obtained 

 from Pecten maximus and Pecten opercularis. This is an addition 

 to the Scotch marine Copepod fauna. THOMAS SCOTT, Leith. 



