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two Trematode worms and two new species of Copepoda. 

 One interesting addition is Pontella lobiancoi, Canu, which 

 is evidently a summer visitor. Mr. Scott got three last 

 year, and has found it on four or five occasions this year 

 — one of the collections giving 105 specimens. Noctiluca 

 has been extremely abundant this summer, and also larval 

 Crustaceans. Larval lobsters have been noted, twice 

 from the Welsh coast, and once, in a late stage, from Lune 

 deep. Young Squilla have been plentiful, and the 

 Trachilifer stage of Jaxea. Mr. Scott also reports that, in 

 regard to fish, he found that mackerel caught off Walney 

 Island have their stomachs filled with Crab Zceas and 

 Megalopas — one stomach was packed with young Jaxea. 

 He has found the eggs of Callionymus maculatus for the 

 first time, and also the post-larval stages of the Sole, the 

 Brill and the Top-knot — all flat-fish. 



Record Fish. 



It may be of interest to some of our readers to know 

 the largest size we have yet seen of a few common fish in 

 Port Erin Bay. On November 2nd, 1905, out of five plaice 

 caught in the trammel net, one measured 23 inches in 

 length and 13 inches in breadth. This is the largest 

 plaice we have yet caught. Last year we saw a turbot 

 speared within a few yards of the small boat jetty 

 measuring 33 inches in length, and weighing 23 pounds. 

 The largest cod we have caught this year was 37 inches 

 long, and the largest common sole 17 inches. 



Bio- Chemical Work. 

 An important group of investigators from the Bio- 

 chemical Department of the University of Liverpool, 

 consisting of Professor Benjamin Moore, Dr. Roaf, and 

 Mr. Edward Whitley, B.A., were at work during the 



