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stomach of a fish ; and these Prof. Bell, after Capt. Macandrew's 

 discovery of the perfect animal, had no hesitation in ascribing to 

 this species. Though Calocaris inacandrece is now known to occur 

 in two or three places on the west coast, the only locality on the 

 east coast from whence it has been recorded, so far as I remember, 

 is the Moray Firth, where it was obtained by the late Thomas 

 Edward of Banff, and where it is still occasionally found. To these 

 various localities there has now to be added the Firth of Forth, the 

 species having been recently discovered in this estuary by Mr. F. G. 

 Pearcey of the Fishery Steamer " Garland." Living specimens were 

 captured by the shrimp trawl at Station III., and others were found in 

 the stomachs of some flat-fishes captured both at Station III. and Station 

 V. The nature of the bottom at Stations III. and V. is more or less 

 muddy and suits the fossorial habits of this Crustacean, and doubt- 

 less it is owing to these habits that it is not more frequently obtained. 

 The fact that this interesting species has remained so long un- 

 observed, seems to indicate that there may yet be other rarities 

 awaiting those who may choose to give some time and trouble to the 

 examination of the Forth fauna. T. SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



Duliehia monaeantha, Metsger, in the Firth of Forth. In the 



"Annals of Scottish Natural History" for January 1898, Duliehia 

 monacantha, was recorded for the first time as a British species. 

 More recently, in Part III. of the " Nineteenth Annual Report of 

 the Fishery Board for Scotland," it has been reported as occuring in 

 the neighbourhood of the Shetland Islands ; and now its discovery 

 in the Firth of Forth extends still further its distribution in the 

 Scottish seas. In the Forth estuary, the species has been obtained 

 both in dredged material and in the stomachs of fishes ; and 

 chiefly in the vicinity of Station VII., between the Bass Rock and 

 Fidra. This makes the third species of this peculiar group of 

 Amphipods that has been observed in the Firth of Forth ; the names 

 of the other two are Duliehia porrecta (Spence Bate) and D.falcata 

 (Spence Bate). T. SCOTT, Aberdeen. 



Aeontiophorus ornatum, Brady and Robertson, in the Firth 

 of Forth. A few specimens of this fine species of Copepod have 

 recently been obtained in some material dredged in the vicinity of 

 Inchkeith. It is a somewhat rare species, and has not before been 

 recorded from the Forth estuary. But though not often recorded 

 from the British seas it appears to have a wide distribution, for Dr. 

 W. Giesbrecht, who gives an excellent habitus figure of it in his 

 work on the ASTEROCHERID.E, has obtained it in the Bay of Naples, 

 and it has also been got from Trieste by Prof. Glaus. T. SCOTT, 

 Aberdeen. 



Chthonius tetraehelatus, Preyss., and other Chernetids in 

 Scotland. Referring to my records of Scottish Chernetidea in 

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