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twenty minutes, I was astonished to find when drawing it in at 

 the end of that time what an enormous haul of specimens I had 

 made. Microscopical examination however soon shewed that 

 nearly the vsihole gathering consisted of Clausia elongata with 

 a few specimens of each of the following : — Dias longiremus, 

 Sagitta, and the young of (probably) Gobius niger. Treating 

 this gathering in the usual manner I found it to weigh 27 "2 

 grms. Surface temperature 45° F. 



March. On the 3rd of this month Mr. Bealey made a 

 gathering from 2*10 to 2-30 p.m. The Lizard just open of the 

 Blackhead, Manacle buoy bearing N.W., surface temperature 

 being at that hour 48-6° F. In this gathering I noticed one 

 specimen of Podon intermedius, whilst Oithona spinifrons, 

 Thaumentias octona, Corycseus anglicus, and Calanus finmarchius 

 were all abundant. Clausia elongata were also numerous, several 

 females having ova attached. On the 10th, I worked the 

 tow-net three feet from the bottom, in the main channel in the 

 harbour, where the water averages 17 fathoms in depth. In 

 this gathering various species of spinid larvae were abundant, 

 and (with them) advanced individuals of Nerine cirratulus. Two 

 specimens of Evadne Nordmanii with ova, one Podon intermedius, 

 and quantities of Ceratium tripos were also observed. In the 

 surface net Auricularia larvae were abundant, and a trace of the 

 gelatinous algse noticed for the first time this year. On the 1 3th, 

 at 10.30 a.m., the surface temperature was 49° F. On the 14th, 

 a single Eadiolarian was the only interesting form observed in 

 the gathering. On the morning of the 23rd, while out in my 

 canoe under easy sail, I noticed large quantities of a species of 

 copepod being swept up the harbour by the rising tide. These 

 forms occurred in such abundance in places that I was able to 

 ladle them out with a collecting bottle. Microscopical examina- 

 tion showed these forms to be exclusively Temora longicornis. 

 The only form of interest secured in the gathering made that 

 morning was a single specimen of Ceratium fusus. S. Kent (5) 

 notes the capture of some of these specimens off Falmouth 

 during July, 1S79. This was the first and is the only occasion on 

 which I have captured this species of Inf usorian during my resi- 

 dence here. By the 27th of the month the surface temperature 

 had risen to 51-9° F. In the surface gathering, Auricularia larvse 



