210 E. W. SEXTON. 



Fam. paramphithoidae. 



Gen. Epimeria, A. Costa. 



Epimeria parasitica, M. Sars. 



(Stebbmg(41), p. 321.) 



Station IX. Twenty specimens. 



„ XII. Twenty-three specimens. 



This species is here recorded for the first time with certainty out of 

 Norway. It is there found living in a semi-parasitic state on the skin 

 of Holothvria tremula (31), p. 131, and (30) p. 367; the Huxley speci- 

 mens on the other hand were taken free swimming in considerable 

 numbers, at two stations. They are larger than the Norwegian speci- 

 mens, quite half of them measuring 13 mm. in length as compared 

 with Sars's statement : " length of adult female scarcely exceeding 

 9 mm." They appear to live at greater depths than E. cornigcra. The 

 incubatory lamellae of the females were well developed, but no eggs 

 were found in the pouches. 



Epimeria cornigeria (Fabricius). 



(Stabbing (41), p. 323.) 



Station II. Two specimens, 17*5 and 18 mm. respectively. 



„ V. Sixty-three specimens, average length 20 mm ; the largest 



measured 23-5 mm.; 11 were half-grown, and 5 small. 



No eggs remaining in the pouclies. 

 ,, IX, Two large specimens, mutilated. 

 ,, XI. Three specimens, largest 17 mm. 

 „ XII. One specimen, 22 mm. in length. 



Several previous records by Chevreux (14), p. 62, but only one or 

 two specimens taken at a time. 



Fam. ATYLIDAE. 



Gen. Nototropis, A. Costa. 



Nototropis vedlomensis (Bate and Westwood). 



(Stebbing (41), p. 331.) 



Station IV. One specimen, a female, 8 nnn. in length. 



The method of capture was by swab and townet attached to the 

 dredge working at the bottom, depth 109 fathoms. Chevreux's records 

 are from shallow water ; under the name of Atylus vedlomensis as fairly 

 common on sandy bottoms in the Bay of Croisic, 4-10 m. (9), p. 304; 

 and as Paratylus vedlomensis at Concarneau, 15-19 m. (13), p. 480, 



