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MARINE BIOLOGICAL MEETING AT SCARBOROUGH. 
By Rev. F. H. WOODS, 
Bainton. 
THE meeting of the Marine Biological Committee at Scar- 
borough proved highly successful in every way. The weather 
was fine, the tides very low, and large numbers of finds were 
made. Those new to the Scarborough Society are marked 
(rec.), though not necessarily ‘records’ in the strict sense of the 
term, in all except the shell molluscs. The only shell mollusc 
not previously recorded for Scarborough is Lepeta fulva. The 
specimen is very minute, but has the ribs radiating from the 
beak, which define this species, distinctly marked, though very 
fine, and it is quite different in shape from specimens of Acme@a 
virginea of the same size. Lamellaria perspicua, of which I 
found a large number of living specimens in seaweed washed 
up at Bridlington after a storm some years ago, I have not 
otherwise met before on the Yorkshire coast. Brachystomia 
albella, the identification of which requires confirmation, was 
found by Jeffreys at Filey. Modiolaria marmorata does not 
appear to have been found in a living state on the coast itself 
before, though occurring not unfrequently in shell sand. 
Nuculana minuta occurs occasionally in shell sand at Scar- 
borough. I found three specimens on my previous visit to 
Scarborough, two on the last occasion. The specimen of 
Montacuta substriata was very much worn, and must have come 
from the deep sea. Other more or less rarities were Mangilia 
costata, and Eulimella commutata, which I have not come across 
before. Ona previous visit to Scarborough, I found a specimen 
of Setia obtusa (Rissoa soluta) which does not appear to be de- 
finitely mentioned as found in Scarborough before, but Jeffreys 
does not give any special localities either for this or Lepeta 
julva, so that he may have found both on the Yorkshire coast. 
The afternoons were devoted,to exhibits, which were placed 
temporarily in the museum. The evenings were occupied by 
lectures. Mr. Watson’s lantern lecture on ‘‘Sedentary Sea- 
worms ”’ was remarkably interesting. The success of the meeting 
was largely due to the untiring energies of the Scarborough 
Field Naturalists’ Society. It was decided by the Committee to 
hold the next annual meeting at Robin Hood’s Bay, if possible, 
at the spring tide, immediately following the autumnal equinox. 
A full list of the different species is given below :—* 
PORIFERA (Sponges). Leuconta nivea. 
Leucosolenia botryotdes. 
Ascetta primordialis. Halisarca 
Sycandra ciliata. Halichondria panicea. 
Grantia compressa. Chalina oculata. 
* These are compiled from lists supplied to me by Dr. Irving, Messrs. 
Watson, Thompson and Burnley. I am responsible myself for that of 
the Shell-Molluscs only. 
Naturalist, 
