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point of contrast with the west coast, where this northern 
Species is not so common. 
The Shore-crab (Carcinus menas) and young specimens of 
the edible crab (Cancer Jragurus) are of course very common 
between tide-marks, but I have not found living swimming- 
crabs there. One at least of these (Portunus marmoreus) 
is common in the dead state on sandy shores. 
M. I. Newsicain, D.Sc. 
“SAGARTIA MINIATA” IN FirTH oF Fortu. 
Ir seems worth notice that the dredging party took many 
Specimens of this anemone during the Society’s excursion to 
Inchcolm in May 1900. The ground, as is apparently the 
case over a considerable portion of the area, was muddy, and 
the hauls contained many zoophytes, e.g., Halecium, Antennu- 
laria, Thuwiaria; mud-inhabiting Echinoderms such as 
Synafta, heart-urchins, and the Ophuiroid Amphiura jili- 
Jormis; many Mollusca, eg., Cyprina, Dentalium, Tellina, 
Turritella, in addition to the anemone which occurred on 
the stones and shells found among the mud. I have not 
found a previous record of this anemone in the Firth of 
Forth, nor have I found it between tide-marks where 
Sagartia troglodytes is common. 
M. I. Newsicin, D.Sc. 
WOoD-LICE. 
THE common Wood-louse or Slater is blessed by having 
four livers (so-called), long tubular glands running parallel 
with the intestine or mid-gut. I have had reason lately to 
examine some hundreds of these, and lovers of the Slater, 
who I fear are not numerous, may be interested to know 
that in the spotted species (Oniscus) the livers are very 
generally infested by crowds of bacteria, even in quite 
