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Nemertine worms, and the smaller Polyzoa, &c., have 

 been obtamed. 



To take these matters in zoological order : — Some mud 

 sent from Port Erin by the Curator to Mr-. Chopin, of 

 Manchester, was examined by Mr. W. Chaffer, who has 

 sent me through Mr. Chopin the following list of the For- 

 aminifera he found. Lag ena striata, L. sulcata, L. squa- 

 mosa, L. costata, L. ohigerina, L. hexagona, L. liccida, L. 

 margmata, L. gracilis, L. Icevis, L. crinata, Nodosaria 

 ;pyrula, N. scalar is, Biloculina depressa, B. 7'ingens, Mili- 

 olina semmulum, Margiuulina glabra, Nonionina sp., 

 Bulimina pupoides, Spiroloculina depressa, Polymorphina 

 striata-punctata, and Bentalina striata. 



We have obtained the anemone Corijnactis viridis not 

 only by dredging but also on the shore near Bradda Head at 

 low tide, and we find that it lives well in our tanks. A 

 marvellous place for sea anemones — and for many other 

 things besides — is the group of rocks called the " Clets " 

 on the south side of the Calf Sound. Few sights can give 

 more pleasure to the naturalist than the spectacle revealed 

 by a low spring tide on a fine summer morning. The 

 variety and profusion of life is very astonishing. Mr. 

 Beaumont during his visits to the Station in the summer 

 of 1892 and in the spring of 1893 paid some attention to 

 the Lucernarians, and he has since published a paper in 

 the Trans. Biol. Soc ,vol. VII., in which he shows that the 

 species up to now found at Port Erin are Bepiastrum 

 cyathiforme, Haliclystus auricula, and a second species of 

 Haliclystus, possibly new. 



Mr. Edward T. Browne, B.A. (Oxon.), from University 

 College, London, worked again this year at Port Erin for 

 some weeks in April, May, and June. He made a 

 systematic examination of the plankton, or floating 

 minute life, which is caught by means of the tow-net in 



