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Gainmarus rubricatus, Leach, Edin. Encyc, vii., p. 

 402. 



Amphithoe rubricata, Leach, Edin. Encyc, App., p. 

 432. 



Habitat. — Taken at low -water, Portloy, and off 

 Fairland Point in 17 fathoms — Cumbrae. The colour 

 of the animal is a bright reddish-purple ; the eyes 

 are moderately large, and dark red, dotted with 

 white points. Although a confirmed nest-builder, 

 it is occasionally met with free. Bate and West- 

 wood report it from the south coast of Devonshire, 

 where it was taken by Col. Montagu, from Ply- 

 mouth Sound, and Penzance, on the shore at low 

 spring - tides. The Rev. A. M. Norman and Dr. 

 Jeffreys have taken it in 2 to 5 fathoms in Outer 

 Skerries Harbour. Mr. Norman has obtained it at 

 Cullercoats, and it has been recorded from Strang- 

 ford Lough by Thompson and Hyndman. 



AMPHITHOK PODOCEROIDES, Rathke. 



Amphithoe 2^odoeeroides, Rathke, Acta. Leop., xx. 

 (1843), p. 79, t. iv., fig. 4. 



Amphithoe albomaculata, Kroyer, Nat. Tidsskr. Isy 

 Rakke (1845), 2 B, p. 67. 



Amphithoe littorina, Spence Bate, Brit. Assoc. 

 Rep. 1855, p. 59. 



Amphithoe punctata, Johnston, Zool. Journ., iii\, 

 p. 127, 490. 



Suna?npJiit1toe podoceroicles, Spence Bate, Cat. 

 Amphip. Crust. Brit. Mus. (1862), p. 251, pi. xliii., 

 fig. 7. 



Habitat, — Frequently found between tide-mark in 

 leathery tubes attached to the under-side of stones. 

 When the stones are turned over, the animal seems 

 readily to leave its tube in alarm. As there are 

 generally two in the tube, a male and a female, 

 frequently the male one only leaves the tube, his 

 better half no doubt remaining to see how matters 

 stand. If a little probing be used to the domicile, 

 she too soon makes a speedy appearance. They 



