144 report — 1865. 



phisphyra, n. 8. (4 specimens), supposed to be the same species as that found 

 by Mr. Dawson in shell-sand from Unst, and noticed by Mr. Jeffreys in his 

 Report to the Meeting of the Association of last year, Montacuta Dawsoni, 

 described by Mr. Jeffreys in the second volume of his ' British Conchology,' 

 Pecten striatus, Panopea plicata, Tellina balaustina (a perfect specimen), 

 Crania anomala, and Argiope cistellula. 



Of the Crustacea a full examination has not yet been made ; but what has 

 been done has brought to light several additions of interest and importance. 

 Of the Macroura only six species were obtained, viz., Stenorhynchus phalan- 

 gium and S. tenuirostris (many specimens), Inachus Dorsettenis (a few speci- 

 mens), Hyas coarctatus, Ebalia Cranchii (several specimens), and Atelecydus 

 heterodon (one small specimen). The total absence of any of the genus 

 Portunus, several of which are somewhat common in the Moray Firth, and 

 the extreme paucity of Atelecydus heterodon, plentiful on the Banffshire 

 coast, are worthy of notice. Of the Anomoura the Paguridas alone have 

 been fully examined, and they are as follows : — Pagurus Bernhardus, P. 

 Cuanensis, P. Ulidianus (one specimen), P. Hyndmanni (several specimens), 

 and another small specimen, not yet identified. Of the Sessile-eyed Crus- 

 tacea the examination has not been completed ; but the following interesting 

 species have been obtained, viz., Cheirocratus mantis and Unciola planipes, 

 two species recently described by the Rev. A. M. Norman in the ' N. H. 

 Transactions of Northumberland and Durham'; two Ampeliscce, not yet an- 

 nounced as British, but described by Mr. Norman as A. laevigata and A. 

 tenuicornis ; Mysis spinifera, not yet recorded as British; and another well- 

 marked species, in all probability new. One specimen of Sipuneulus Bern- 

 hardus was got. 



The Echinodermata yielded nothing remarkable, except one specimen of 

 Brissus lyrifer, which, it may be remarked, has also been found off the 

 Banffshire coast, and one of Psolus squamosus, rather common on the Banff- 

 shire coast. Besides these the following species were found : — Ophiura tex- 

 turata, 0. albida, Ophiocoma bellis, 0. Ballii, O.gramdata, 0. rosida, Uraster 

 rubens ; Solaster papposa, Liudia fragilissima (1 specimen), Echinus sphcrra, 

 Edi inocyamus pusillus, Spatangus purpureus (many specimens), Amphidotus 

 cordatus, and A. roseus (a good many specimens). The absence of Palmipes 

 membranaceus and of Goniaster equestris, both rather plentiful on the Banffshire 

 coast, is worthy of notice. 



In the examination of the Polyzoa and Hydrozoa little has been done. 

 Hornera borealis, a species not found before south of Shetland, was observed; 

 and two of the Leprcdia?. may turn out to be new. 



Of the Actinozoa four species only were met with, at a depth of fifty-seven 

 fathoms, viz. Tealia crassicornis, Stomphia Churchice (5 specimens), Hor- 

 mathia Margarita, and Caryophyllia Smithii (a broken specimen). Of 

 Hormathia Margarita} the disk and tentacles only came up ; but these agreed 

 in every respect with the description given in the ' Actinologia Britannica.' 

 The Hormathia lived for several days, expanding the tentacles, and doing its 

 best in the miserable circumstances to enjoy life (!). The smallness of the 

 number of the Actinozoa, when compared with the number of species found 

 on the Banffshire coast (about eighteen, including the littoral species), is 

 somewhat remarkable. One reason for the difference, no doubt, is the nature 

 of the sea-bottom, that of Banffshire being in many places rocky or, as it 

 is locally called, " hard." 



The few Sponges that were got were sent to Dr. Bowerbank. They con- 

 sisted of Polymastia spinula, Hymeraphia stellifera, and a very young Hy- 

 meniacidon, which was too immature for satisfactory determination. 



