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The Galatliea which served as the host of this interesting 

 Isopod was somewhat mutilated when brought up by the 

 dredge off Church Island, yet a careful examination proved 

 it to be G. intermedia Lilljeborg, the species in which Sars 

 found his Plcutocrypta uiicrobranchiata, parasitical on the south 

 coast of Norway. 



July 25th. — A last visit co the Zostera beds on Shennick's 

 Island gave me one fine specimen of Eolis Drummondi, one 

 inch long, and two specimens of E. Farrani. In coloration 

 these examples of E. Farraiii agreed almost perfectly with 

 Alder and Hancock's figure, the whitish papillae being 

 tipped with orange and the hepatic lobes showing through 

 them light straw colour. 



To sum up, the result of the Committee's activities during 

 the year 1908 has been the addition to the moUuscan fauna of 

 the Dublin coasts of the following eight species : — Hermcea 

 dendritica, Eiinapontia niora^ Eolis auraniiaea, Doto fragilis, 

 Idalia aspersa, Odostomia albella, O. conoidea and Eidimella 

 acicula. If we add to these the additions made in 1907, we 

 have a total of 15 species of marine mollusca new to Dublin 

 waters as the outcome of the Committee's two years' work. 

 When the material collected by the Committee in other and 

 less well-explored departments of marine life has been fully 

 examined, results may be looked for of far greater interest and 

 importance than any recorded in this report. 



Saudycove, Co. DubHu. 



IRISH SOCIETIES. 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include Patas Monkeys from Rev. W. P. Lowe and Mr. 

 J. T. Gibbs, two Spiny Mice from Capt. Harding, Kestrels from Prof. 

 R. J. Anderson and Mr. C. Carter^ a Lapwing from Mr. G. Stony, 

 six Yellow Fantails and two Lesser Redpolls from Surgeon-General 

 and Mrs. Beatty, two Rock Sparrows from Mr. H. B. Ratliborne, 

 and a Rosy Bullfinch from Mr. H. W. Cutmere. A small Bonnet Monkey 

 and a young Squirrel ^Monkey have been bought, and a Zebu bull calf 

 has been born in the Gardens. 



