MAEINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT POET EEIN. 45 



" Ectinosoma gracile, n. sp. (T. & A. S.). — One or two 

 specimens of this species were obtained among dredged 

 material collected at Port Erin by Professor Herdman, 

 Easter, 1894. 



"Ectinosoma pygmoeum, n. sp. (T. & A. S..). — This 

 species was obtained from the same material as the last, 

 and is the smallest Ectinosoma known to us ; it measures 

 only y^- of an inch ("33 mm.) 



"Ectinosoma herdmani, n. sp. (T. & A. S.). — One 

 specimen of this was found by Mr. Thompson at Port 

 Erin. 



" Brady a minor, n. sp. (T. & A. S.).* — A few specimens 

 of this new Bradya were obtained in rock-pools at Hilbre 

 Island, along with Longipedia minor. 



" Dacty topics rostratus, T. Scott. — A single specimen 

 was obtained among some dredged material collected at 

 Port Erin by Professor Herdman, at Easter, 1894. 



" Pseudanthessius sauvagei, Canu. — A few specimens 

 were obtained by washing a number of Spatangus pur- 

 pureas, which were trawled in the central area, 21 miles 

 W.N.W. from Morecambe Bay Lightship, on April 3rd. 

 This rare species was only added to the British fauna last 

 year, when it was found in the Firth of Forth, and the 

 present is the second time it has been observed in the 

 British area." 



Liclwmolgus {Doridicola) agilis (Leydig), was found in 

 the bottom tow-net, Morecambe Bay, May, 1894. Dio- 

 saccus propinquus (T . & A. S.), Ameira exigua, T. Scott, 

 A. longiremis, T. Scott, Laophonte inopinata, T. Scott, 

 Pseudowestwoodia pygmcea, T. & A. S., and possibly a 

 new Laophonte, and one or two other doubtful species 



* The above Edinosomas and Bv<t<l>i« me figured and described in a revision 

 of the British species of Copepoda belonging to the two genera Ectinosoma 

 and Bradya, by T. and A. Scott, which is to be published at an early date 



