238 THE SCOTTISH MAHINE STATION AND ITS WORK. 



been added to the British fauna since the publication of 

 Bell's great work, and five (including a new genus) are 

 recorded for the first time. It contains, also, a list of 

 all the higher Crustacea from the West of Scotland com- 

 pared with similar lists from Scandinavia and the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



The numerous trawlings and dredgings which have been 

 conducted by Mr. John Murray on the west coast are of 

 great interest. Large collections have been sent to the 

 British Museum, and it is hoped that all the lists pi-epared by 

 the naturalists of that institution may shortly be published, 

 for they contain records of the occurrence of many interest- 

 ing forms, some of which have not hitherto been known 

 to inhabit British seas. 



The examination of the fishes has been conducted by Dr. 

 Giinther, and an interesting report upon them was communi- 

 cated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh on March 5th of 

 the present year. 



Excluding certain common species forty-seven different 

 forms were collected, some of which are of special interest. 

 The Arctic genus Triglops is represented by a new species 

 {T. Murrayi), whilst Gottus Lilljehorgii and Gadiis Esmarkii 

 are new to the British Fauna. Gallionytnus niacidatus was 

 recorded by Dr. Giinther in 1867 from the Hebrides, but is 

 now shown to be fairly abundant in Kilbrennan Sound at a 

 depth of twenty-six fathoms. 



As might be expected such investigations, carried on for 

 a considerable period, have yielded a mass of information of 

 more or less miscellaneous character which it is impossible 

 to summarise ; a few items are selected, for mention here. 

 Some instances of peculiar distribution have been recorded 

 from the lochs of the west coast, which furnish additional 

 proof of the fact demonstrated by the '^ Porcupine '^ and 

 " Triton '' expeditions,* that submarine barriers have a pre- 

 ponderating influence in the limitation of marine faunistic 

 areas. For instance, Gonchoecia elegans, a pelagic Ostracode 

 of the deep Norwegian waters, is found nowhere on the 

 Scottish coast except in Upper Loch Etive, at depths of from 



* ' Proc. Pliil. Soc' Glasgow, xvii. 



