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Pecten maximus yielded to Mr. Thompson the new 

 copepod Licliomolgus maximus ; while in P. opercularis 

 were found the amphipods Leucothoe articulosa, Tritceta 

 gibbosa, and Podocerus herdmani, Walker. 



6. Four miles west of Flesh wick, 20 fathoms : Found 

 Ophiocoma nigra in enormous profusion, and other com- 

 mon species. 



7. One mile off Bradda Head, 15 fathoms : Found 

 Amphidotus flavescens, Ute glabra, Sertularella rugosa, 

 Coppinia arcta, &c. 



A good deal of shallow water and shore collecting was 

 also done on this occasion, and all the compound asci- 

 dians noted under III. were got near Port St. Mary, with 

 the addition of Glossophorum sabidosum and G. sp. (? n. 

 sp.), both of them new to British seas, the genus only 

 being known up to now from the French coast. A yellow 

 variety of Giard : 's Astellium spongiforme was also obtained. 



One of the most interesting finds on this expedition was 

 certainly Cyclostrema millepunctatum, Friele, which was 

 only previously known from one spot off the Lofoten 

 Islands, in lat 69° 46' N., long. 16° 15' E., 649 fathoms. 



Our specimens, from 46 fathoms only, were collected by 

 Mr. Leicester, identified by Dr. Chaster, and sent by him 

 to Dr. A. M. Norman for confirmation by comparison 

 with some of Friele's types in Dr. Norman's collection. 



V. May 19-22. On one of these days the Committee 

 again had the use of the sea-fisheries steamer ' John Fell.' 

 The weather was rough, and it was only possible to work 

 near the coast to the north of Port Erin, where hauls were 

 taken at the following localities : — 



1. South side of Flesh wick Bay, 13 fathoms : Adamsia 

 palliata and Eupagurus prideauxii, Pleurobranchus 

 plumula, and Ascidia virginea, 



