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records of the occurrence of Amphipods under the name of Hyperia sp., 

 H. galba is only two or three times noted, once in February for Station 

 I., in July for Station III., and in December for Station VIII. The 

 species referred to under the name of Hyperia sp. is probably Hyperoche 

 tauriformis, recorded in 1891 et seq. ami. In 1891 no direct reference 

 to Hyperia galba occurs among the tow-net faunal lists. There are five 

 records in 1892, but one or two of them are doubtful. In 1893 there are 

 two records for Station III., one in August and one in November, that 

 appear to refer to Hyperia galba. There are no records of it in 1894, 

 but there are eight in 1895, one for Station I. in October and December, 

 two (one surface and one bottom) for Station III. in October, one for 

 Station IV. in August and October, one for Station V. in September, and 

 one for Station VIII. in October. 



Hyperoche tauriformis. This species, which is the Hyperia tauri- 

 formis of S pence Bate, was recognised as a member of the Forth fauna 

 in 1891, and has been observed more or less frequently every year 

 since. In previous tow-net tests it was recorded simply as Hyperia sp., 

 and the records of Amphipoda under that name in Part III. of the Annual 

 Reports probably refer chiefly to Hyperoche, though they may also occa- 

 sionally include immature forms of Hyperia galba which could not at the 

 time be otherwise satisfactorily disposed of. In the Report for 1891 

 there are about fourteen to sixteen records of this Amphipod, chiefly from 

 Stations V., VIII., and IX. In 1892 there are eighteen records. They 

 extend over nearly all the stations, and the majority of them are for the 

 autumn and winter months. The following are the records for 1892 : — 

 For Station I. in November and December; for Station III. in July, 

 October, and November ; for Station IV. in October, November, and 

 December ; for Station V. in February and March, and again in October 

 and November ; for Station VIII. in July, October, and November ; and 

 for Station IX. in October and December. In 1893 the number of 

 records for Hyperoche tauriformis is fourteen. It was recorded for 

 Station I. in January, June, August (surface and bottom tow-nets), and 

 September (surface and bottom tow-nets); for Station III. in June 

 (surface and bottom tow-nets); for Station V. in August and September; 

 for Station VIII. in July and September; and for Station IX. in January 

 and August. There are ten records in 1894 — viz., for Station I. in 

 August and November; for Station III. in June, August (surface and 

 bottom tow-nets), and in November (surface and bottom tow-nets); for 

 Station IV. in February, and for Station V. in June and August. In 

 1895 there are eighteen records, divided as follows : — One for Station I. 

 in October and December (for surface and bottom tow-nets) ; for Station 

 III. in February, August, October (for surface and bottom tow-nets), and 

 December (also for surface and bottom tow-nets) ; for Station IV. in 

 October (for surface and bottom tow-nets) and December (also for surface 

 and bottom tow-nets) : for Station V. in February ; for Station VIII. in 

 February, October, and December; and for Station IX. in December. 



Parathemisto oblivia. This Amphipod was more common and more 

 generally distributed in the estuary than any of the other species, and it 

 is one of the species that enter largely into the food of certain fishes, as 

 the herring. At times the stomachs of herring contain large numbers of 

 this crustacean. 



In 1889 — the first of the series of seven years — the records of Para- 

 themisto are few, there being only seven for the whole of the year ; but 

 there are, as already explained, several of the months of 1889 for which 



