308 GAMMARID^E. 



Stirnpson, is a character of the male sex. The rest of 

 the animal bears a near resemblance to B. pilosa. 



It was sent to us by our kind correspondent in com- 

 pliment to whom we have proposed the specific name 

 employed above. It was taken by Mr. Robertson in the 

 month of February, in sand pools near low water mark 

 at Cumbrae, N. B. He informs us that they were nu- 

 merous, darting hither and thither. 



Two specimens have since been dredged by our friend 

 Mr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys in the Shetlands. 



The observation of Mr. Robertson appears to over- 

 throw our suggestion as to the burrowing habits of these 

 animals mentioned in the description of the previous 

 species. It is curious to remark that in this species 

 the animal is furnished with distinct eyes in the spe- 

 cimen from Cumbrae, but not in those from the Shetlands 

 which had been longer in spirits ; it is, therefore, ques- 

 tionable whether the organs of vision had disappeared 

 from the others after death (as they frequently do in 

 some species) inasmuch as we received both specimens 

 after they were dead. 



