588 Di". N. Annandale on some 



covered witli bright golden liair?. In S. nohile tlie legs are 

 described as blackish brown, the hind tibiae as phiny mother- 

 of-pearl, the basal moiety of the first two tarsal segments of 

 the same leg as yellow ; but in S. nigrogilvum the legs are 

 banded black and white. The halteres are reddish yellow in 

 S. nohile^ but in the new species they are white. The abdo- 

 men of S. nohile is silky black, instead of being, as in 

 S. nigrogilvum, largely yellowish white. 



The type of the new species has been presented to the 

 British Museum. Unfortunately, having been dried after 

 being in spirit, its colouring is affected. 



I wish to take this opportunity of thanking Lt.-Col. 

 Alcock, I.M.S., F.R.S., CLE., &c, for his constant help 

 and advice, which are invaluable. 



LXVII. — Some Barnacles oj the Genus Scalpellum from 

 Irish Seas. By N. Annandale, D.Sc, Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta. 



Through the kind offices of Mr. S. W. Kemp I have been 

 entrusted with the examination of certain barnacles of the 

 genus Scalpellum taken in Irish seas by the Fisheries Branch 

 of the Irish Department of Agriculture. These barnacles 

 fall into three distinct species, namely Scalpellum vulgare, 

 Leach (= Lepas scalpellum, Linne), Scalpellum vslutinuin, 

 Hoek, and Scaljyellum (Smiliiim) kemjn, sp. n. 



Scalpellum vulgare is by far the commonest species of its 

 genus in the seas of Northern Europe and in the Mediter- 

 raneaUj but has not been taken on the coasts of America or 

 in the S. Atlantic. Its bathymetrical range extends from 

 about 20 to about 200 fathoms. There are a considerable 

 number of specimens in the collection before me from the 

 following stations : — 



fms. 

 S. 36 . . . . 10 miles oflF Clogher Head, Co. Louth * . . 20-22 

 K. 9 . . . . n\ miles S.W. \ W. of Coningbeg Light . 40 



R. 29 . . 15 miles S.E. of Mine Head 40-42 



S. E. 211. 70 miles S.W. of Fastiiet 81 



S. R. 147. Porcuioine Bank 91^ 



S. E. 360. 52= 4' N., 11° 27' W 108-120 



S. R. 97 . ca. Id miles S.W. by W. ^ W. of Fastuet . 199 



* [Although only one specimen was sent to Dr. Annandale, in the 

 course of trawling surveys in the western part of the Irish Sea S. vulgare 

 has been frequently taken, at depths below 20 fathoms, usually attached 

 to stems of Aylaophenia. — G. P. Farran.] 



