MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 



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Anoplodactylus, which Mr. G. H. Carpenter considers as 

 a condition of immaturity. The auxiliary claws of the 

 tarsi were rudimentary." 



Bringing in the Dredge. 



Mr. A. Leicester examined the Mollusca and dredge 



refuse obtained on our dredging expedition of September 



13th. He reports to me that the best species found were : — 



Six miles W.S.W. of Calf, 26 fathoms :— 



Pecten testes, P. tigrinus, Aclis gulsonce , Eidimabilineata, 



Mya binghami, Lima elliptica, Rissoa striata, R. parva, R. 



reticulata, Odostomia spiralis, Cyclostrema nitens, C. ser- 



puloides, Lepton nitidum, Modiolaria marmorata. 



One mile S.E. of Calf Sound, 22 fathoms :— 



Defrancia linearis, Lima loscombii, Cardium nodosum, 



Pliasianella pidlus, Trochus tumidus, Modiolaria marmorata. 



Mr. L. St. George Byne and Mr. Leicester spent a 



considerable amount of time at Port Erin in studying the 



local Mollusca. I take the following passages from a 



letter written by Mr. Leicester : — " The most interesting 



discovery was perhaps Lascea rubra. We have only 



found a few odd ones (dredged) until this occasion, when 



on the rocks near the Biological Station we found it in 



