116 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



F. G. Pearcey, while engaged with some special work on 

 board the Fishery steamer " Garland." On this occasion 

 it was obtained by him among the refuse of the trawl-net, 

 and in the stomachs of a Long Bough Dab and one or two 

 Witch Soles. White's record of the occurrence of Calocaris 

 in the Forth seems to have been overlooked by subsequent 

 writers on the Crustacea of the estuary. 



Family Nephropid^. 

 Genus (8) Nephrops, Leach, 1819. 



17. Nephrons norvegicus (Linne). 



1767. Cancer norvegicus, Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii., vol. ii. p. 1053. 



Habitat. — Common, especially in the seaward part of the 

 estuary. Two fine specimens at water's edge, Gullane Point, 

 2nd May 1890 ; one cast up during storm at Prestonpans, 

 October 1898 (W. Evans). 



Genus (9) Astacus, Leach, 1814. 



18. Astacus gammarus (Linne). 



1761. Cancer Gammarus, Linn. Faun. Suec, 2nd ed. , p. 2033. 

 1853. Homar us vulgaris, Bell, op. tit., p. 242. 



Habitat. — Frequent in Firth of Forth. Lobsters in con- 

 siderable numbers are captured by fishermen where the 

 coast-line is rocky, and especially about the seaward limits 

 of the estuary. 



Tribe Caridea. 



Family Crangonid^e. 



Genus (10) Crangon, Fabricius, 1798. 



19. Crangon vulgaris, Fabricius. 



1798. Crangon vulgaris, Fabr., Ent. Syst., Suppl., p. 410. 



Habitat. — Common in the littoral zone where the shore 

 is sandy ; taken occasionally with the dredge in moderately 

 deep water. 



