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described by himself a few years ago from specimens 

 obtained off the west coast of Ireland during the cruise of 

 the s.y. ' Argo.' 



In regard to Turbellaria, Mr. F. W. Gamble while 

 working at the Port Erin Biological Station last summer 

 drew up a list of species found in the neighbourhood. 

 This has been published in full in 'Trans. Biol. Soc, 

 Liverpool,' vol. vii. pp. 148-174. The list contains records 

 of twenty-eight species, representing twenty-three genera : 

 of these the following five species are new to British 

 seas : — Promesostoma ovoideum, P. lenticulatum, Byrsoph- 

 lebs intermedia, Plagiostoma sulphur eum, Oligocladus 

 sanguinolentus. We also find at Port Erin the elongated 

 pear-shaped opaque white cocoons of the Khabdoccele 

 Fecampia attached under stones in pools. 



The Polyzoa collected on the various expeditions have 

 been examined by Miss L. E. Thornely, who also worked 

 at the Biological Station for a couple of weeks in August. 

 She reports that amongst the many forms collected, 

 amounting to 123 species and 14 varieties, four 

 species at least are new records to the district, viz., Alcy- 

 onidium mamillatum, Palmicellaria skenei, Crisia ramosa 

 and Lepralia edax, as well as five well-marked varities : — 

 Schizoporella linearis, var. hastata and a var. like cruci- 

 fera, Membraniporella nitida the Devonshire var., Hip- 

 pothoa flagellum var. vitrea, and H. divaricata var. 

 carinata. 



The Copepoda obtained both by surface nets and also 

 from the mud and other material from the dredge have 

 yielded Mr. Thompson in all 136 species, of which eighteen 

 are new records to British seas and eleven are new to 

 science. These last are : — Ameira attenuata, Gletodes 

 monensis, Herdmania sty lifer a, Cyclops marinus, Hersili- 

 oides puffini, Jonesiella hyoence, Laophonte spinosa, 



