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Ossiani had been received from Mr. Edward, "from 

 which specimen the original description in the cata- 

 logue in the British Museum has been drawn up." 

 Mr. Bate also stated that he only knew of the genus 

 Eurisus through an imperfect specimen which had 

 been taken by Mr. Edward in the Moray Firth, " the 

 first and only British representative of the genus that 

 we have seen." So too with the genus Protomedia, 

 of which " only two specimens were collected at Banff 

 by Mr. Edward." A moiety was obtained of the first 

 species, which was called Protomedia hirsutimana. 

 In the second case, the entire Crustacean was obtained, 

 of which Mr. Bate made a drawing and description, 

 and he named it Protomedia WTiitei, " in compliment 

 to Mr. Adam White, author of a popular history of 

 the British Crustacea." Only a single specimen of 

 the Oratippus tenuipes was sent him by Mr. Edward, 

 who knew nothing of its habits. Mr. Bate also stated 

 that he " had only seen three specimens of the Phoxus 

 fusticaudatus, which were discovered by his valued 

 correspondent, Mr. Edward of Banff, attached to the 

 brachise of the common Soldier Crab." 



Besides these discoveries, Edward found an im- 

 mense variety of Crustaceans of other orders in the 

 Moray Firth, which had never been found before. 

 Some of these were new to Britain, some of them new 

 to science. But we will not bewilder the reader by 

 introducing the jaw-breaking names of the newly-dis- 

 covered Crustaceans. We have thought it right, how- 



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