86 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
Desmacidonid sponge (the Halichondria expansa of Bow- 
erbank) which is new to the district, and probably 
belongs to the genus Amphilectus, ten species of Zoo- 
phytes and fourteen species of Polyzoa, Pinnotheres 
veterum, Lima hians, Psammobia tellinella, Ascidia 
mentula, c&e. 
2. Off Garwick Head, 4—12 fms., ‘‘ Melobesia”’ bottom. 
Several hauls. Aglaophenia pluma and seven other species 
of Zoophytes, Amathia lendigera, Hbalia cranchu, 
Podocerus herdmant, n. sp. 
3. Laxey Bay, 8 fms., ‘‘ Zostera”’ bed. 
Campanularia angulata, Clytia johnston, Antennularia 
antennina and Sertularia polyzomas, Cerapus difformis, 
Membranipora spinifera* and six other species of Polyzoa, 
Compound Ascidians, Pectunculus glycimeris (large, alive). 
The Ascidians dredged in this expedition yielded a 
number of parasitic Copepoda amongst which were 
Botachus cylindratus, Notopterophorus papilio, Doropygus 
puler and D. poricauda, Notodelphis allman and Ascidi- 
cola rosea. 
On this occasion a specimen of the somewhat uncommon 
fish Muller’s Top-knot (Zeugopterus punctatus) was 
obtained at Port Erin. It had been caught by a net close 
to the shore, and was kindly brought to the laboratory by 
Mr. John Costain. 
PUBLICATIONS, &c. 
Since the last annual report, the third volume of the 
Fauna of Liverpool Bay” has been published (July, 
1892). It contains papers on the marine Algz, Porifera, 
Annelids, Crustacea, ‘Mollusca, Tunicata, and other 
eroups, and is illustrated by twenty-three plates and a 
chart. As is stated in the introduction to the volume, the 
additional species recorded in the various papers now 
brings the number of marine animals and plants known 
