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magniceps. Another notable point in regard to the Cope- 

 poda is that at Puffin Island on the night of May 17th, 

 Cijcloplna littoralis, one of the rarer species, and usually 

 found singly, appeared in a shoal, and numerous specimens 

 were captured. 



"Spindkift" Expedition in June. 



This year the Government Grant Committee of the 

 Royal Society placed d950 at the disposal of the L.M.B.C. 

 for the purpose of hiring vessels and men in carrying on 

 the exploration of Liverpool Bay by dredging expeditions. 

 The steam-tug '' Spindrift" was accordingly chartered on 

 two occasions from the Liverpool Tug Company for single 

 day expeditions. Such exploring trips are very important, 

 and every one of them adds considerably to our knowledge 

 of the district. Unfortunately, however, they are so 

 expensive that in the present state of our funds we cannot 

 afford to have more than one or two in each season. If 

 tug companies or owners of small steamers would lend us 

 a vessel occasionally for a single day or a w^eek-end, it 

 would materially aid our work and advance the scientific 

 knowledge of Liverpool Bay. 



The first of these expeditions was on Saturday, the 

 8th June, which proved one of the finest days of the 

 summer for work at sea. A number of members of the 

 Committee and other naturalists went down to the Menai 

 Straits on the previous day, and the "Spindrift" arrived 

 off Puffin Island at five a.m. on 8th June, and, after taking 

 some of the party on board from the Biological Station 

 and others from Beaumaris, steamed to the " Turbot 

 Hole," off the N.E. end of the island, and commenced the 

 work of the day. We then proceeded along the north 

 coast of Anglesey, round Point Lynas, as far as Porthwen 

 Bay, and dredging was carried on with varying success 



