MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN, 



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Additions to Fauna. 

 On all these expeditions, in addition to the animals 

 picked out and preserved at the time, surface and deeper 

 gatherings with the tow-net were taken by Mr. I. C. 

 Thompson; and samples of the bottom and of the 'dredge 

 debris ' were kept, and these were afterwards carefully 

 examined by Mr. I. C. Thompson for copepoda, by Mr. 

 A. 0. Walker for amphipoda and isopoda, by Mr. A. 

 Leicester for small mollusca, and by Dr. Chaster for fora- 

 minifera. The sponges collected have been identified by 

 Dr. K. Hanitsch, and several other workers at the Port 

 Erin Biological Station have assisted the Committee with 

 particular sets of animals. The additions to our know- 

 ledge of the fauna during the year will now be given, 

 taking the groups in zoological order. 



Fig. 1 . Map of the L. M. B. C. District. 



Dr. G. W. Chaster reports that amongst the Forami- 

 nifera he has examined two are new to science, the one 



