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following words : — " I hope some time to make a longer 

 stay at Port Erin at a more favourable time of year, for 

 at that time I felt that I had not a fair opportunity of 

 doing justice to the splendid facilities for study and re- 

 search offered by the fauna of the district. However, in 

 spite of the shortness of my stay and the unfavourable 

 weather, I found everything very instructive." 



New Copepoda. 



Mr. Thompson has kindly drawn up the following note 

 upon his work : — 



" During the year I have regularly received for examina- 

 tion from our Curator, Mr. H. C. Chadwick, bottles of 

 plankton material collected by him in and about Port 

 Erin Bay. In addition to these, I have myself, on several 

 visits to Port Erin, used the tow-net for collecting about 

 the district. As Mr. Chadwick will discuss the other 

 organisms noted in the collections, I will refer here only to 

 the Copepoda, which, however, usually form the chief 

 proportion of the organisms in the tow-net. 



" The most notable feature of the year has been the 

 appearance of two species of Copepoda new to the district, 

 viz., Candacia pectinata, and Corycceus anglicus, each of 

 which has been taken on several separate occasions. The 

 former occurred during January, June, and July, and was 

 taken both at or near the surface, and also at a depth of 

 33 fathoms. The latter species was taken during the early 

 winter (Nov. 26th, 1898), and a shoal of it was also 

 captured on May 29th. 



" Candacia pectinata appears to be generally, but very 

 sparingly, distributed about the British Isles. It was 

 first found by Drs. Brady and Kobertson, at a depth of 40 

 fathoms, off the Scilly Islands. I have on several occasions 

 found it on the west coast of Scotland, and Mr. Thomas 



