456 . REPORT — 1895. 



IV. April 15, 1895. — Hired steam trawler 'Lady Loch.' Localities 

 dredged, to the west and north-west of Port Erin, at depths of 20 to 40 

 fathoms. 



V. April 25, 1895. — Hired steam traAvler ' Lady Loch.' Localities 

 dredged, to the west and south of Port Erin at depths of 30 to 40 

 fathoms. 



At one spot, 6 miles S.E. of Calf Island, 31 fathoms, bottom sand 

 gravel and shells, such a rich haul was obtained that the trawl-net tore 

 away, and only a small part of the contents was recovered. That con- 

 tained, however, a number of specimens of the rare shrimp PuntojMlus 

 spinosus, Leach, along with Mwnida ritgosa, Ebalia tumefacta and 

 E. tuherosa, Xantho tuherculatus, Fandalus brevirosfris, Anoipagurus 

 Hyndmanni, Campylasjns sp., and IlelphidijyjKlla macera amongst crus- 

 taceans, and the following Echinodermata : — Falmipes memhranaceus, 

 Porania j)idvillus, Stichaster rosea, Lluidea Savignii, Si/na2}ta inhcerens, 

 and other holothurians. There were also, of course, many moUusca, 

 worms, &.C., and an unfamiliar actinian, which Professor Haddon considers 

 to be probably his new species Par<ip)hellia expansa, hitherto only known 

 from deep water off the south-west coast of Ireland. 



VI. June 1, 1895. — Hired steam ti-awler 'Lady Loch.' Localities 

 dredged. Calf Sound and off S.E. of Isle of Man, at depths of 15 to 20 

 fathoms. 



VII. June 23, 1895. — Hired steam trawler ' Rose Ann.' Localities 

 dredged, to the \V. and N.W. of Peel and Ballaugh, on the ' North Bank,' 

 at depths about 20 fathoms. 



VIII. August 3, 1895. — Lancashire Sea Fisheries steamer 'John 

 Fell.' Localities dredged and trawled. Red Wharf Bay and off Point 

 Lynas, on north coast of Anglesey, at depths of 6 to 17 fathoms. 



IX. August 19, 1895. — Steamer 'John Fell.' Localities dredged, 

 Carnarvon Bay, on south coast of Anglesey ; depths 1 5 to 1 8 fathoms. 



ADDITIONS TO THE FAUNA. 



In addition to these ' steamer ' expeditions there has been frequent 

 dredging and tow-netting from small boats, and a good deal of ' shore 

 collecting.' 



Amongst the more noteworthy animals collected in the district during 

 the year are the following : — 



PORIFERA. 



The sponge, Myxilla irregularis, Bowerbank, previously only known 

 from the Diamond Ground, Hastings, was found by Dr. Hanitsch at Port 

 Erin and at Fleshwick in August and September 1894. 



CCELENTERATA. 



Mr. Edward T. Browne has drawn up a list of thirty-four species of 

 Medusa which are found in the district, and of these the following are 

 specially noteworthy : — Amjjhicodon fritillaria (carrying young hydroids 

 in the umbrellar cavity), Dgsmorphosa minima, Cytceandra areolata (?), 

 Lizzia blondina Laodice calcarata (new to European seas^i and Eutima 



