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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



notorious in the case of the White Goby, Latrunculus alba, which appear* 

 some few years ago. I obtained a specimen and put a premium on others 

 but the smacks-boys then obtained such a quantity that I was compelled fc 

 financial reasons to withdraw my offer. 



Large Angler Fish. — An extraordinarily large specimen of this fisl 

 was brought into Yarmouth on June 3rd. Its weight I estimated at 1 cwt. 



Variety of the Common Mackerel. — On June 15th I secured tl 

 first — out of the thousands I have seen — concolorous variety of tl 

 Mackerel, Scomber scomber ; length 15 inches, The back was of a dee] 

 blue-black colour without a single dot or stripe. I sent it to the Norwicl 

 Museum. 



Pilchards. — Some of these fish, Clupea pilchardus, was taken here oi 

 Juue 23rd. — Arthur Patterson (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth). 



CRUSTACEA. 



Meristic Variation in the Edible Crab.— On May 29th I receiv* 



from one of the stall-keepers — who recognise me as a general repository fo 



NORMAL FORM. 



all kinds of monstrosities— a strangely malformed claw of the Edible Crab, 

 Cancer pagurus. It had three points, but I am sorry to say the under half 

 of the pincer had not been preserved.— Arthur Patterson (Ibis House, 

 Great Yarmouth). 



[Bateson has already given illustrations of variations in the chelae of 

 this species, but with none of these does the above agree. — Ed.] 



ECHINODERMATA. 

 The Scutellated Star-fish. — At p. 170 Mr. James Sutton recorded 

 the occurrence at Lindisfame of a species of Starfish he identified as 

 Asterias tessellata, considered as a synonym of Pentagonaster granulans, 

 Retzius. Mr. Watson has since obligingly submitted this specimen to 

 the examination of Prof. Jeffrey Bell, who reports it as Hippasterias phry- 

 giana, not uncommon on the eastern coasts. Mr. Watson, however, states 

 that such is not his experience on his part of the coast— Ed. 



