MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 97 
following words :—‘‘ I hope some time to make a longer 
stay at Port Erin at a more favourable time of year, for 
at that time I felt. that I had not a fair opportunity of 
doing justice to the splendid facilities for study and re- 
search offered by the fauna of the district. However, in 
spite of the shortness of my stay and the unfavourable 
weather, I found everything very instructive.” 
NEw COPEPODA. 
Mr. THompson has kindly drawn up the following note 
upon his work :— 
“‘ During the year I have regularly received for examina- 
tion from our Curator, Mr. H. C. Chadwick, bottles of 
plankton material collected by him in and about Port 
Erin Bay. In addition to these, I have myself, on several 
visits to Port Erin, used the tow-net for collecting about 
the district. As Mr. Chadwick will discuss the other 
organisms noted in the collections, I will refer here only to 
the CoPpEPODA, which, however, usually form the chief 
proportion of the organisms in the tow-net. 
“The most notable feature of the year has been the 
appearance of two species of Copepoda new to the district, 
viz., Candacia pectinata, and Coryceus anglicus, each of 
which has been taken on several separate occasions. ‘The 
former occurred during January, June, and July, and was 
taken both at or near the surface, and also at a depth of 
33fathoms. The latter species was taken during the early 
winter (Nov. 26th, 1898), and a shoal of it was also 
captured on May 29th. 
“ Candacia pectinata appears to be generally, but very 
sparingly, distributed about the British Isles. It was 
first found by Drs. Brady and Robertson, at a depth of 40 
fathoms, off the Scilly Islands. I have on several occasions 
found it on the west coast of Scotland, and Mr. Thomas 
