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Habitat. — Dredged off the " Hawk's Neb," near the 

 south end of Bute, in 12 fathoms, adhering to 

 zoophytes; off the Garroehhead, Bute, on Plumii- 

 laria; west of Tan, Cumbrae, in 7 fathoms, at the 

 roots of Laminaria saccharina ; off Fairlie, in 8 

 fathoms, sandy mud ; and off Ardrossan, in 16 to 

 20 fathoms. It has also been obtained on the coast 

 of Devonshire by Col. Montagu ; Plymouth, Bate 

 and Westwood ; Moray Firth, Mr. Gregor ; Firth 

 of Forth, Mr. Goodsir ; Cullercoats, Northumberland, 

 Rev. A. M. Norman ; Cornwall, Mr. R. A. Couch ; 

 and Isle of Man, Dr. Fleming. 



Genus Caprella, Lamarck. 



CAPRELLA LINEARIS, Liline. 



Cancel* linearis, Linne, Sys. Nat. (1767), Ed. xii., 

 p. 1056. 



Squilla lobata, Midler, Zool. Dan. Prodr. (1776), p. 

 197, No. 2359. 



Squilla quadrilobata, Miiller, Zool. Dan., fasc. ii., p. 

 21, p. lvi., fig. 4, 5, (?. 



Gammarus quadrilobatus, Miiller, Zool. Dan. (1789), 

 fasc. iii., p. 58, t. cxiv., fig. 11, 12, ? . 



Caprella scolopendroides, Lamarck, Hist. Nat. d. 

 Ariim. sans Vertebr. (1818), p. 174. 



Caprella linearis, Leach, Edin. Encyc. (1813-14), p. 

 404. 



Caprella lobata, Guerin, Icon. Crust. (1829), pi. 

 xxviii., fig. 2. 



Caprella l&vis, Goodsir, Edin. New Phil. Jour., xxx. 

 (1842), p. 189, pi. iii., fig. 4. 



Caprella pliasma, Rathke, Beitr. z. Fauna Nor- 

 wegens (1843), B. xx., p. 94. 



Caprella acuminifera, Rathke, Beitr. z. Fauna Nor- 

 wegens (1843), B. xx., p. 86. 



Habitat. — Dredged off Fintry Bay, bottom sand 

 and Corcla filum ; by the dip-net, male and female, 

 among weedy stones at low-water, Cumbrae ; and 

 off Garroehhead, Bute, in 15 fathoms, on Plumu- 

 laria. It has also been taken in Mora}' Firth by 



