442 Journ. of the Asrat. Soc. of Bengal. [Nov. & Dec., 1915. 
Theodore Barrois' has discussed the local distribution of the 
fauna of the Lake of Tiberias as he observed it in May, that 
is to say at the end of the wet season, when the water-level 
was at its highest. In October, at the end of the dry season, 
when the water had sunk about five feet below its maximum 
height, I did not find any great difference in this respect. The 
deepest point at which the French naturalist found macro- 
scopic animals was 42 metres, while in my own dredgings it 
was not below 22 metres. This was probably due in part to 
the greater depth of the lake in spring, but mainly to the 
fact that he happened to strike a point at which the detritus 
from the shore extended further into the lake than any at which 
I dredged, for the bare mud of the central parts of the basin 
is evidently inimical to visible animal life. My observations 
in all other respects agree well with those of Barrois, except 
minor (Linn.), Labidura riparia (Pallas) * and Anisolabis mari- 
his earwig occurs co Aly ) the edge of 
the water in India mmonly in similar positions at the eg 
ancock, Rec. Ind. Mus. XI, p. 135 (1915). 
