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FAUNISTIC NOTES. 



By B STOEROW. 



ECHINODERMS. 



Luidia sarsi (Diiben and Koren) was taken in the dredge 

 35 fathoms S.E. of the Crumstone, Fame Islands, in September 

 1912. Between the Inner Fame and Bamburgh Castle Strong y- 

 loceritrotus droebachiensis (Miiller) has been found in large numbers, 

 as many as 41 being taken in one haul in June 1912. Aniedon bifida, 

 Bell, two arms only, was found in the dredge in June of this year 

 when dredging 6 miles E. of the Longstone. 



NUDIBRANCHS. 



The following have appeared in the aquarium tanks of the 

 Laboratory : — Coryphella lineata (Loven) in February, Galvina 

 picta, A. andH., and Facelina drummondi, Thompson, in April, and 

 Embletonia pulchra (A. and H.) in May. The first-named has been 

 recorded from this district before, being taken by the " Huxley " 

 in 1907 from 45 fathoms E. of Coquet Island. Galvina picta was 

 recorded from Cullercoats by Alder and Hancock, but this is the 

 first specimen which has come within my notice in the j)ast seven 

 years. The others, as far as I know, have not been found before 

 in this district, though Facelina drummondi has been recorded from 

 Scottish waters, and also from the neighbourhood of the Dowsing 

 Ground, about 50 miles E. of the Lincolnshire coast. 



Hermea dendritica, A. and H. appeared in our tanks two years 

 ago. At first it was only found in one tank, but this year it is to be 

 found in every tank where green algee are present in any quantity. 



Macandrevia cranium (Miiller). Four specimens of this brachi- 

 opod were given to me in March by Mr. Turnbull, skipper of the 

 " Wild Rose," a North Shields trawler. Mr. Turnbull stated that 

 large numbers, attached to small stones and shells \^ ere found in the 

 trawl when fishing in 120 fathoms, 61° 14 N. and 2° 45' E. 



