of tJie Fishery Board for Scotland. 315 



Moray Firth. I have only taken five specimens, 3 from Station VII. and 

 2 from Station V., in 25 to 34 and 12 to 19 fathom.s. 



As in the case of Ampliiura chiajii, there is reason for believing that 

 it may be found in greater abundance if specially searched for on suitable 

 ground. 



The bathymetrical range of A. Jiliformis extends from 12 to 555 

 fathoms. 



This species is often found in the stomachs of Haddock, Cod (rarely), 

 Whiting, Plaice, Common dah, Long-rough dah, Witch-sole, Sail-fluke. 



ECHINOIDEA. 



ECHINID^. 



Echinus. 



Ecldnus acutus, Lamk. 



1883. Echinus acutus, Hoelker, Ann. Mus. Marseille., i. iii., 



p. 121. 

 1892. Echinus acutus, Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 146, 147, 



1895. „ „ Lamk., T. Scott, Annals of Scottish Nat. 

 His., p. 255 ; Note by Sim, Aberdeen. 



One very fine typical specimen of Echimis acutus was taken at Station 

 XV. in 34 fathoms, the only specimen obtained. It must, therefore, be 

 regarded as a rare species in the ]Moray Firth. 



The bathymetrical range of this species in the British seas, so far as it 

 is at present known, extends from 34 to 400 fathoms. 



It was also trawled by the Challenger Expedition off Nova Scotia from 

 a depth of 1350 fathoms. 



Echimis norvegicus, Diib. and Kor. 



1885. Ecldnus norvegicus, Pearcey, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc, 



Edinb., p. 404. 

 1892. Echinus norvegicus, Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 147, 148. 



Echinus norvegicus appears to be, so far as my observations have 

 extended, a rare form in the Moray Firth, only two specimens having been 

 taken, at Station XIII., Smith Bank, in 28 to 30 fathoms. It is, however, 

 generally abundant wherever it is found. There is no record of its being 

 hitherto taken in the Moray Firth. 



Its bathymetrical range in the British seas extends from 6 to 530 

 fathoms. It has been obtained off the coast of Japan, in a depth of 2435 

 fathoms. 



Echinus norvegicus has been found in the stomachs or Cod, Haddock, 

 Halibut, and Cat-fish. 



Echinus miliaris, Gmel. 



1884. Echinus miliaris, Pearcey, Proc. Key. Phys. Soc, Edinb., 

 p. 404, vol. viii. 



1896. Echinus miliaris, Scott, F.B. Scot. Kept., pt. 15, p. 162. 

 1892. „ „ Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 150, 151. 



Echinus miliaris has been taken sparingly by me at two stations only 

 in the Moray Firth, viz. I. and II. I have both dredged and trawled it 

 in fair abundance in the Cromarty Firth. This well-known species is, 

 however, widely distributed in shallow water all round the British coasts. 



