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Argissa hamatipes (Norman) — one of the Pontoporeiidse — occurred 

 sparingly in tow-net gatherings from the Clyde district as well as from the 

 Moray Firth. Both male and female specimens were observed. 



The curious Stegocephaloides cliridianensis (Boeck) occurred in a bottom 

 tow-net gathering collected in the Clyde at Station XVII. (Upper Loch 

 Fyne) on 7th December 1898. This species appears to be somewhat 

 rare in the Clyde district. 



Amongst the Amphilochidge the somewhat rare Amphilochus tenuimanus, 

 Boeck, was obtained in a bottom tow-net gathering from Station VII., 

 Firth of Clyde, collected at night on 23rd September 1898. A. tenui- 

 manus is recorded in Dr. Robertson's Catalogue, Part I., page 28. 



Amphilochoides odontonyx (Boeck). = Amphilochoides pusillus, Sars, 

 was obtained in the Clyde at Stations III., IV., VII., and IX., but only 

 in bottom tow-net gatherings; while Gitana sarsi, Boeck (another of the 

 same family of Amphipoda), occurred in a gathering from Station VI. 

 collected on 25th August 1898. 



The family Stenothoidae was represented in the tow-net gatherings from 

 the Clyde by Stenothoe marina (Spence Bate), Cressa dubia (Spence 

 Bate), and one or two other forms ; and in a gathering from Station XV. 

 Moray Firth, Stenothoe marina, Metopa robusta, G. 0. Sars (a species 

 recorded from the Moray Firth a few years ago in " Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist.," ser. 6, vol. xiii., p. 148, February 1894), and Cressa dubia (Spence 

 Bate). In Metopa robusta — the record of which in 1894 appears to be 

 the first for Britain — the form of the first gnathopoda is quite distinct 

 from that of the same appendages of any other British species except, 

 perhaps, Metopa polexiana. 



Monoculodes paclcardi, Boeck, occurred in a gathering from Station 

 XVII. (Upper Loch Fyne) collected on 7th December 1898; and Synche- 

 lidium breoicarpum (Spence Bate) at Station IV. (Kilbrennan Sound, 

 Firth of Clyde) on 24th August 1898. 



Epimeria tuberculata, G. 0. Sars. Two specimens of this fine species 

 were obtained in a gathering from Station IV., Firth of Clyde, on 1st Sep- 

 tember 1898. E'pimeria tuberculata, which appears to be a rare species 

 in the Clyde, was added to the British fauna about two years ago. 



Eusirus longipes, Boeck, was obtained from the Clyde in gatherings 

 Stations VI., VII., and VIII. It occurred in one gathering from Station 

 VI., collected on 25th August 1890 ; in two other gatherings from Station 

 VII., collected on 3rd September and 24th September ; and in one from 

 Station VIII., collected on the 29th of the same month. 



Guernea coalita (Norman). This curious little species was observed in 

 washings of material dredged at Station VI., Firth of Clyde. The same 

 species has been captured off Millport by the late Dr. Robertson, and is 

 recorded in Part II. of his catalogue of Clyde Amphipoda and Isopoda ; 

 and his appears to be the only previous record of the occurrence of G. 

 coalita for the Clyde. 



Melphidippella macera (Norman). This Amphipod, though obtained 

 occasionally in tow-net gatherings, is apparently scarce, as only one or a 



