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species, it appears to have an extensive distribution ; it has 

 been obtained as far north as Franz Josef Land. It was 

 described as a Canthocamptus, but may ultimately have to be 

 removed from that genus. 



Laophonte littorale, T. Scott, and L. intermedia, T. Scott. — 

 These two species are also additions to the Fauna of the Cl3"de. 

 They have only been described within recent years, but both 

 appear to be widely distributed. 



NaimoiJus 2^<^^ustris, G. A. Brad5^ — This curious Copepod 

 appears to be a true brackish-water form, and this is, so far as I 

 know, the first record of it for the Clyde. It seems to be a 

 scarce species, though its rarity may be rather apparent than 

 real, as the following incident would seem to indicate : — A short 

 time ago I had an opportunity of examining some raised-beach 

 material from Skye. The material was quite dry, having been 

 collected a good while ago. In turning over the material I 

 observed some objects that looked like Copepods, but they were 

 so shrivelled up as to be indistinguishable. A careful treatment 

 of them with caustic soda, however, relaxed the shrivelled-up 

 skin and appendages, so as to render the discrimination of their 

 structural details comparatively easy. I then found that a few 

 of these mummified Copepods belonged to the sj)ecies now 

 under consideration, and was enabled in this curious way to 

 extend somewhat our knowledge of the distribution of Nannopiis 

 palustris. There had likely been some marshy ground in the 

 vicinity of the raised beach wdiere the material had been 

 collected, and, being near the sea, would form a suitable habitat 

 for Nannopus, and probably other brackish-water species, and in 

 the dry weather it would be a comparatively easy matter for 

 the Copepods to become incorporated with the outer layers 

 of the raised-beach deposit, and be mixed up in the sample 

 collected. 



Platychelip)us littoralis, G. S. Brady. — This is another curious 

 Copepod, with strong hooked terminal spines on the first thoracic 

 feet which remind one very much of those iron hooks which are 

 sometimes used by people who have the misfortune to lose a 

 hand. Though found in brackish water, Platychelipus is not such 

 a true brackish-water species as the last ; its distribution should 

 rather, perhaps, be described as "estuarine." 



