of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 239 



Metridia lucens, Boeck. 



This species was taken with the surface tow-net in Lerwick Bay on 

 October 15th, 1900. It was also obtained in a tow-net gathering 

 collected about fifty miles south-east of the Fair Island on the 19th of 

 the same month. M. lucens is not only smaller than Metridia longa 

 (Lubbock), but the structure of the fifth feet is different. 



Paramisophria cluthct, T. Scott. 



P. cluthce, which was described in Part III. of the Fifteenth Annual 

 Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, has only hitherto been recorded 

 for Loch Fyne, Firth of Clyde ; I have now to record the species from the 

 Cromarty Firth. It occurred in some material collected there on January 

 17th, 1900, and forwarded from the Fishery steamer "Garland" to the 

 Laboratory at Bay of Nigg. 



Candaciid^e. 



Candacia pectinata, G. S. Brady. 



This species was observed during the past year not only in tow-net 

 gatherings from the Clyde and the Moray Firth, but also in one or two 

 gatherings collected in October to the eastward of the Fair Island, between 

 Orkney and Shetland, and also in Lerwick Bay. The distribution of 

 G. pectinata would thus seem to be co-extensive with the British Islands. 



PONTELLID^E. 



Anomalocera pater sonii, Templeton. 



A number of specimens of this fine species occurred in one of the tow- 

 net gatherings collected to the eastward of the Fair Island on October 

 19th. These specimens appeared to be even more highly coloured than 

 those observed in the Clyde and the Moray Firth. 



Acartia discaudata, Giesbrecht. 



The only Scottish locality where, till recently, I have observed 

 Acartia discaudata is the Firth of Forth, but I have now to record it 

 from other two stations, from both of which specimens have been sent to 

 the Laboratory at Bay of Nigg from the " Garland." At one of these 

 stations — viz., Loch Eil, at the head of Loch Linnhe — specimens of 

 A. discaudata were dredged in 10 to 30 fathoms on March 4th, 1900 ; 

 while at the other — viz., Dornoch Firth, near Muckle Ferry — the species 

 was moderately common in gatherings collected with the surface tow-net 

 between the 16th and 17th of May. 



Acartia bifilosa, Giesbrecht. 



A second species of Acartia — A. bijilosa — was obtained in a tow-net 

 gathering collected in Lerwick Harbour on October 15th, 1900, by 

 the steam trawler " St. Andrew." It may be mentioned that another 

 species of Acartia — A. clausii, Giesbrecht — was obtained during the 

 investigations in which the "St. Andrew " was engaged. It was collected 

 about seven miles off shore between Lerwick and Sumburgh Head on 

 October the 16th, bypassing the water from the donkey-pump through 

 a tow-net. Acartia clausii occurred also in tow-net gatherings collected 

 to the eastward of the Fair Island on the 19th of the same month. 



