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4. Thirteen miles N.W. of Port Erin, 60 fathoms, mud, 

 bottom temperature 48° F., surface temperature 60° F. : 

 Found Galocaris macandreoe, &c. 



5. Five miles off Dalby, 30 fathoms, ' reamy ' bottom 

 (sand and mud mixed) : Sole, turbot, and brill all spawning 

 here. Lima loscombii, Cerebratulus (/ angulatus), 

 Choctopterus sp., Thy one fusus and T. raphanus, Enry- 

 nome aspera. 



6. Four miles off Flesh wick, 23 fathoms : Pecten oper- 

 cularis and P. maximus in quantity; Molgula sp., Corella 

 parallelogramma, Ascidia plebeia, Ascidiella venosa, 

 Polycarpa comata, Suberites domuncida. 



7. A mile and a half off Bradda Head, 12-15 fathoms : 

 Styelopsis gi'ossularia, Bowerbankia caicdata, Eurynome 

 aspera, Terebella nebulosa, Thy one raphanus. 



VII. On August 22nd dredging was conducted from 

 Port Erin round the Calf Island from the hired steam- 

 trawler ' Albatross ' at the following spots : — 



1. Off Halfway rock and Bay Fine, half a mile from 

 shore, 15 fathoms, bottom broken shells and small 

 gravel: — Antennularia ramosa, Sertularia abietina, Aglao- 

 phenia myriophyllum, Cellularia fistidosa, Sarcodictyon 

 catenata, Ascidia plebeia, A. mentula, Cynthia moi'us, 

 Porania pidvillits, Galathea intermedia with Plearocrypta 

 intermedia. 



2. From off Kitterland to Halfway Rock, 17 fathoms, 

 bottom stones and large shells : — Cliona celata (massive 

 form), Ascidia venosa, Cynthia moms, Ophiopholis bellis. 



3. Three-quarters of a mile north of Kitterland, 18 fath- 

 oms, bottom shell-sand and small gravel : — Sarcodictyon 

 catenata, Lepralia edax, Cellepora pumicosa, Echinocy- 

 amus pusillus, Ophiocoma nigra, Ascidia mentula, A. 

 plebeia, Perophora listeri, Capidus hungaricus, Murex 

 erinaceus, Xaniho tuberadatus, Inachus dorsettensis, 

 Ebalia cranchii. 



