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Habitat : Oxwich Bay, South Wales (C. Spence Bate); Moray Firth 

 (Rev. G. Gordon); Plymouth Sound (Spence Bate). 



Easily distinguished from P. annulicornts by the shortness and 

 straightness of its beak, and from P. leptorhynchus by the straightness 

 of the beak and difference of the tooth armature. 



Dr. Carte exhibited a specimen of the Lepidosiren annectens, brought 

 from the Gambia by Lieutenant Dunn. It had lived in confinement for 

 some time, and, among other peculiarities noticed, it was constantly in 

 the habit of coming to the surface of the water, and taking in a fresh 

 supply of air. A small portion of the tail had been abraded, and was 

 covered with the Saproglenia ferox; otherwise, the animal appeared in 

 good health.* 



[Dr. Kinahan presented specimens of Crangon Allmanni to the Uni- 

 versity Museum. 



This new species had been recently discovered by him at Bray, county 

 of "Wicklow, and has been fully described in the " Proceedings of the 

 Dublin Natural History Society. "f The following were the specific cha- 

 racters : — 



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Crangon Allmanni (mihi). 

 "C. Crangone vulgar i affinis. Rostrum frontale brevie. Carapax 

 loBvis, spinis tribus armatus, una brevissima regione gastrica mediana, 



* This specimen is still alive, and Jias quite regained its health ; it is at present in 

 the Gardens of the Royal Zoological Society, March 1, 1859. 



f Vide "^Natural History Review and Quarterly Journal of Science," vol. iv., p. 80 



