216 Prof. M‘Intosh’s Notes from the 
that of the dry phase; nevertheless all intermediate examples 
are not absolutely constant, some showing more falcation of 
the primaries than others. The local variations are not 
constant enough to deserve names, but examples from Western 
China tend to have smoky secondaries ; and an example which 
we have from the Celebes is of a smoky ochraceous tint over 
the whole upper surface; examples from Java are usually 
rather small, but not smaller than many other examples of 
the species. The characters upon which the var. sumbe is 
separated are extremely variable: the upper ocellus of the 
primaries is sometimes almost lost in the black bar from costa, 
and the lower ocellus partly enclosed in a black patch in 
Indian examples; the lower ocellus in the secondaries is 
sometimes quite large, at others almost obliterated ; the upper- 
most ocellus on the under surface of primaries is sometimes 
well-formed, with defined pupil, sometimes reduced to a fine 
point; the upper pair on the secondaries exhibits great 
variation as regards separation, and the lines on the under 
surface are frequently almost entirely red-brown instead of 
black; the pale bands on the under surface also vary in 
number, the wettest phase showing them most distinctly. 
XXX.—Notes from the Gatty Marine Laboratory, St. An- 
drews.—No. XXI. By Prof. M‘Inrosu, M.D., LL.D., 
F.R.S., &e. 
[Plate I.] 
. On some Points in the Life-history of the Littoral Fishes. 
. On Japanese Annelids—Nephthys and Eteone. 
. On Norwegian Annelids collected by Canon Norman. 
. On Canadian Phyllodocide collected by Mr. Whiteaves. 
. On certain Hestonide from the ‘ Porcupine’ Expedition of 1870. 
Oui co bo 
1. On some Points in the Life-history of the Littoral 
Lishes*. 
No group of marine fishes is better fitted for demonstrating 
the great mortality which ensues between the period of the 
deposition of the ova and the adult condition than the littoral 
fishes, such as the Shanny, Cottus, Gunnel, and Viviparous 
Blenny. This is especially true of such a form as the 
Shanny, the adults of which can, as a rule, be readily 
located on rocky shores in the pools between tide-marks. 
* Communicated to the Bradford Meeting of the British Association, 
1900. 
