274 Professors King and Rowney's 



Idotea linearis, Pennant ; B, & W. op. cit. ii. p. 388. 

 Common in 3 or 4 fathoms on sand near the bar of the 

 Eden, in the trawlers' boats, and in the stomachs of the 

 common fishes. They are active swimmers. 



Messrs. Bate and Westwood state that I sent Cymodocea 

 truncata,^loni., ixom St, Andrews ; but this is doubtful. The 

 specimens probably came from the Outer Hebrides. 



Division AEROSPIRANTIA. 



Fam. Oniscidae. 



Genus LyCtIA, Fab. 



Lyrjia oceanica, L. ; B. & W. op. cif. ii. p. 444. 



Abundant at the margin of high water at the East Rocks. 



A specimen of Porcellio scaber occurred in the stomach of 

 a cod. 



Order Cumace.e. 



Fam. Diastylidee. 



Genus DiASTYLiS, Say. 



Diastylis IlatMcii, Kroyer. 



Common off the East Rocks in 3 to 4 fathoms, and in the 



stomach of the cod, 'haddock, and flounder. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXIV. — " Eozoon " examined chiefly from a Foraminiferal 

 Stand-point. By Professors W. King, Sc.D., and T. H. 



ROWNEY, Ph.D. 



[Plate XIX.] 



Like most scientific men, it has been the lot of Dr. Carpenter, 

 in the com-se of his career, to be placed under the necessity of 

 defending certain of his views against the opposition of others. 

 But unlike many who could be named, and who have risen 

 above petty personal feelings, he does not scruple to speak of his 

 opponents, or discuss their arguments, in a way ill-befitting any 



