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Notes and Memoranda. 



Callionymus maculatus. Bonap. Since the species was added to 

 the English fauna in the hist number of this journal, three specimens 

 have been taken in the neiylibourhood of Plymouth. One of these 

 lived for two months in the Aquarium, remaining for the most part 

 half buried in fine gravel. It was only once observed to take a Nereis 

 diversicolor, the favourite food, in our tanks, or C. lyra, but showed 

 considerable liking for Gammarids. 



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Phrynorhombus unimaculatus. Rlsso. A male, measuring 4^ inches, 

 was taken four miles south of the I'lymouth Alewstone on the 9th May, 

 1898. It appears to be the only specimen that has been taken near 

 Plymouth since the Laboratory has been in existence. 



Motella cimbria. Linn. A specimen taken from the stomach of 

 a hake trawled in or off the Bristol Channel, was sent to the Laboratory 

 on the 16th September, 1898. It measures 21-7 cm. (8i in.) in total 

 length, and differs from described members of the species in the great 

 length of the first dorsal ray. The length of this structure is 52 cm., 

 that of the head being 3 65 cm. I have since seen an Irish specimen 

 with the first ray similarly prolonged. E. W. L. H. 



Sepia elegans. d' Orb. (Jatta, " Eauna u. Flora d. Golfes v. 

 Neapel, Cefalopodi " = ^. hiserialis, Verany ; Gwyu Jeffreys, Brit. 

 Conch.). During the summer of last year (1897) this species was 

 taken not infrequently on the trawling grounds inside the Eddystone. 

 This year three examples have been brought to the Laboratory. The 

 largest of these, measuring in length 7'5 cm., including the sessile 

 arms, was obtained on the trawling ground off Plymouth, while the 

 others were taken off Bolt Head (3| m. S., 33 fms.). 



Since there appears to be some confusion with regard to the species 

 of this genus, especially in the use of the name Sepia elegans, it is 

 necessary to state that our specimens agree with the figures and 

 description of S. elegans given by Jatta in the Naples monograph 

 (the shell in particular is characteristic). They also agree with Gwyu 



