3084 Crustacea, 



by Mr. Harris at Gamrie (Zool. 300*2), are all the instances that as yet 

 can be recorded of this species having occurred in the district refer- 

 red to in this list. 



Embleton's Plated Lobster, Galathea nexa. Frequently brought 

 up by the lines set for haddock and cod-fish. Dredged off Lossie- 

 mouth in about twenty fathoms, 1852. 



Long-clawed Lobster, Munida Rondeletii. Rare. " Pennant re- 

 ceived it from Banffshire," on the Moray Firth, "and hence named it 

 Astacus Bamfficus." It has, since Pennant's day, been occasionally 

 found in other parts of the Firth. A beautiful specimen from Gamrie 

 is in the Elgin Museum, presented by Mr. Harris. 



Mud-borrower, Callianassa subterranea. From the number of 

 specimens found, more or less mutilated, in the haddock, it appears 

 that " this remarkable species " is not rare in some of the fishing- 

 grounds of the Moray Firth. 



Mud-borer, Gebia stellata. 



G. deltura. 



Both these species or varieties have been occasionally met with : 

 the latter seems to be more frequent that the former. 



McAndrew's Calocaris, Calocaris Macandrce. Although one of the 

 most recent and interesting additions to the British Fauna, this sin- 

 gular Crustacean does not appear to be very rare, as a good many spe- 

 cimens, of course in rather an imperfect condition, have been obtained 

 from the stomach of the haddock. 



Lobster, Homarus vulgaris. This well-known and highly prized 

 " shell- fish " is asserted by the older fishermen to be much scarcer on 

 the coast than was wont to be the case in their earlier days. They 

 affirm that their numbers have never recovered the spoliation which 

 the Elginshire rocky headlands of Covesea and Stotfield suffered some 

 fifty years ago, from a party of English fishermen sent down to supply 

 the London market. Surely, after such a lapse of time, the numbers 

 of the lobster must have been renewed, as would likely be proved to 

 be the case, were like successful means of capture employed here as 

 at other and more southern fishing-stations. 



Norway Lobster, Nephros Norvegicns. A most elegant species, by 

 no means uncommon in the Moray Firth. Well known to the fisher- 

 men as the " red lobster," and when drawn up by their lines, it is ge- 

 nerally retained and brought ashore. 



Common Shrimp, Crangon vulgaris. Abundant on all parts of the 

 coast, and also in the brackish waters of estuaries. Fished for by an 

 amateur occasionally ; never sought after for the market. 



