204 THE ST. ANDREWS MARINE LABORATORY. 



tory tMs year (1884) was a new fish to British waters, viz. 

 Lumpenus lamjpetriformis , Walb.,* a form well known in 

 Norwegian waters, several specimens of which, all less in 

 size, have since been obtained by trawlers in the Moray 

 Frith. The somewhat scarce Gottus quadricornis was also 

 obtained and many rare invertebrates, e. g. Gorymorpha 

 amongst the Zoophytes ; the anemones Stomphia and Har- 

 mathia ; Hippaste^'ias amougBt ^chmoderms ; PleurophyUidia 

 and the eg'g"-capsules of Fusus norvegicus. The advantages 

 afforded by the Laboratory were also utilized this year (1884) 

 by Professors Ray Lankester and Hubrecht (of Utrecht), and 

 Mr., now Prof., A. G. Bourne. The first-mentioned worked 

 upon a unique Gephyrean [GoJfingia McTntoshii) ,-\ Prof. 

 Hubrecht devoted himself to the Nemerteaus, while Mr. 

 Bourne examined the development of the Mollusca. Mr. (now 

 Rev. R.) Gillespie, Demonstrator of Zoology at the University, 

 also materially aided in carrying out the work in connection 

 with the Royal Commission on Trawling. There can be no 

 question that the latter observations were greatly facilitated by 

 the conveniences of the Laboratory; for the boats bringing ova 

 of the food-fishes procured at sea, and other living products 

 of the expeditions, could approach within a few yards of the 

 Laboratory — where further study of the living specimens 

 could take place. 



This year also the reproductive organs of the common 

 mussel were examined from January to July, and an abstract 

 published^ early next year along with some observations on 

 the British species of Gyanea.^ 



In the following year (1885) the observations on the 

 reproduction and development of fishes received a fresh 

 impetus from the labours of Mr. Edward E. Prince, || who, 

 under Prof. Mcintosh, worked at the subject till September.^ 



* Vide account of the specimen by F. Day, ' Proceed. Zool. Soc./ June l7th, 

 1884. 



t ' Trans. Linn. Soc./ 2nd ser., " Zool.," vol. ii, pt. 16, 1885. 



X ' Ann. Nat. Hist.,' 3rd ser., vol. xiv, p. 149, Feb., 1885. 



§ A brief note on tlie same appeared in the ' 3rd Annual Report of the Fishery 

 Board.' 



II Vide papers, 'Ann. Nat. Hist.,' Dec, 1885, and May, 1886. 

 ^ See ' Nature,' April, 1885 ; ' Annals of Nat. Hist.,' June, 1885, 1 plate. 



