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winter of 1892. Taken at Station V. in April, and at 

 Station VI. in May, 1901. 



Family Laphystiid^e. 

 Genus (46) Laphystius, Kroyer, 1842. 



75. Laphystius sturionis, Kroyer. 



1842. Laphystius sturionis, Kroyer, Naturh. Tidsskr., 1 R., Bd. iv. 



p. 157. 

 1855. Darwinia comprcssa, Spence Bate. Brit. Assoc. Eept. (1855), 



p. 58. 



Habitat. — Parasitic on various fishes; a considerable 

 number of specimens have at different times been observed 

 adhering to Angler-fishes, Lophius piscatorius, Linn., captured 

 in the estuary. 



Family Calliopiid^. 

 Genus (47) Apherusa, A. 0. Walker, 1891. 



76. Apherusa bispinosa (Spence Bate). 



1857. Dexamine bispinosa, Bate, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (2), 



vol. xx. p. 142. 

 1863. Atylus bispinosus, Bate and Westw., Brit. Sessile-eyed Crust., 



vol. i. p. 250. 

 1893. Apherusa bispinosa, G. 0. Sars, Crustacea of Norway, vol. i. 



p. 439, pi. cliii. fig. 1. 



Habitat. — South Bay, 1888, and subsequently in other 

 parts of the estuary. Taken in 20 fathoms in the neighbour- 

 hood of the Bass Rock, 28th June 1904. 



77. Apherusa cirrus (Bate). 



1862. Pherusa cirrus, Bate, Cat. Amphip. Brit. Mus., p. 143, 



pi. xxvii. fig. 6. 

 1870. Halirages borealis, Boeck, Crust. Amphip. borealia et arctica, 



p. 116. 

 1893. Apherusa borealis, G. O. Sars, op. cit., vol. i. p. 441, 



pi. civ. fig. 2. 



Habitat. — Generally distributed in the Forth; recent 

 records include Station V., where it was taken on 24th 

 April 1901, and near the Bass Rock on 28th June 1904. 



