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FAUNISTIC NOTES. 



By B. STORROW. 



Lagenorhynchus albirostris. (J. E. Grey.) A male 5 feet 2 

 inches long was taken in the salmon nets at the north side of 

 the mouth of the Tyne, on the 24th of August, 1911. 



Acanthias vulgaris, Risso. On August 25th, 1911, several of 

 the North Shields trawlers had very large catches of dogfish 

 which had been taken locally. One of the vessels had from three 

 to four cartloads, and in another the gear was broken when 

 hauling the catch on board. 



Torpedo nobiliana, Bonop. On the 2nd of December, 1911, 

 Mr. Willitts of Tynemouth sent us a fine specimen which had 

 been caught by a trawler, fishing 12 miles E.N.E. of the Tyne in 

 47 fathoms. 



Raniceps raninus, Linn. Two specimens are here recorded. 

 One was caught by a trawler 4 miles E. of Souter Point, on 

 December 19th, 1911, and brought to the laboratory by Fishery 

 Officer Taylor. The other was taken on the lines at Cullercoats 

 on March 4th, 1912. 



Aplysia punctata, Cuv. This mollusc has recently been 

 found in extremely large numbers on the local rocks. It was 

 first obtained on January 23rd, 1912, the specimens being small. 

 Later and up to the j^resent, June 14th, larger examples have 

 been plentiful. Some spawned in the laboratory on April 18th, 

 and shortly after this many strings of spawn, generally attached 

 to Fucus, were observed on the rocks. 



Hermea dendritica, A. & H. This nudibranch which ap- 

 peared in one of the tanks of the laboratory last year, and was 

 then first recorded for this district, has again appeared in greater 

 numbers in the same tank in June of this year. 



