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stomachs of fishes. Ampelisca brevicornls (A. Costa), occurred in fishes' 

 stomachs from the Shetland district and the Firth of Forth ; and Haploops 

 tuhicola was also obtained in the Forth estuary and off Aberdeen. 



Stegocephalid^e. 



Stegocephaloides (?) christianiensis (Boeck). PI. XX V., figs. 34-40. 



Stegocephaloides christianiensis has again been observed in Loch Fyne, 

 where it appears to be generally, though sparingly, distributed. Three 

 specimens of what seems to be a variety of this species was dredged by 

 the " Garland " in the Soundof Mull in 72 fathoms on March 31st, 1900. 

 The fourth pair of coxal plates in these specimens are scarcely so broad 

 in proportion to their length as in the typical forms (fig. 34). The 

 basal joints of the last pereiopods do not terminate so acutely, but have 

 the ends slightly rounded (fig. 38). The last epimeral plates of the 

 metasome do not appear to be minutely notched on the low distal angles 

 (fig. 39) ; and the telson seems to be slightly broader in proportion to 

 its length (fig. 40). The other parts are similar to those of Stegocepha- 

 loides christianiensis. 



Amphilochid^:. 



The somewhat rare Amphilochus tenui?nanus, Boeck, was obtained in 

 the stomach of a small Whiting from Station III., Firth of Forth, in 

 April. Ampliilochoides intermedins was dredged at the same station on 

 May 25th. Gitana sarsii, Boeck, was also obtained in this gathering, 

 along with a few other species noticed in the sequel. 



Metopid^e. 



Metopa pusilla, G. 0. Sars, was obtained in some dredged material 

 from the west end of Station III. collected in May, and in similar 

 material from Stations V. and VII. collected in April — all from the 

 Firth of Forth. Metopa pollexiana was obtained in gatherings collected 

 off Aberdeen and to the east of the Shetland Islands ; it was also 

 dredged at the west end of Station III,, Firth of Forth, on May 23rd, 

 1901, and Sthenometopa {Metopa) robusta (G. O. Sars) was also obtained 

 in the same gathering, as well as off the North Craig — also in the Firth 

 of Forth — in 8 fathoms, in July. 



Dexaminid^e. 



The somewhat rare Guernia coalita (Norman) has been dredged in the 

 Firth of Forth, where it has been previously observed ; it was also 

 dredged at Smith Bank in the Moray Firth, in 24 fathoms, on February 

 15th, and in Loch Linnhe in 48 fathoms on September 12th, 1901. 



Gammarid^. 



Mcera loveni (Bruzel.) was obtained in the stomach of a Witch-sole, 

 Pleuronectes cynoglossus, captured at Station V., Firth of Forth, by the 

 "Garland " on June 28th, 1901 ; this is one of the rarer species in the 

 Firth estuary. Megaluropus agilis, Norman, was obtained in gatherings 

 of dredged material from Stations IV. and V., Firth of Forth, on the 

 22nd and 24th April; while Cheiroccrates sundevalli (Kathke) and 

 GheiroccratbS assimilis (Lilljeborg) were dredged at the north-west end of 

 Inchkeith, Firth of Forth, on May 23rd, 1901. ~ 



