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been identified by Mr. Andrew Scott as Distomum 

 mfoviride, Bud., an addition to the fauna of the district. 

 Mr. Scott also tells me of two specimens of the fish Phycis 

 blennioides, the great fork-beard, found this winter near 

 the shore at Piel, in the Barrow Channel. 



A young fisherman recently brought to the Port Erin 

 Laboratory an irregular fragment of limestone, which had 

 become entangled on a long line in the neighbourhood of 

 the Calf Sound. The stone had been bored through and 

 through by the well-known boring mollusc, Saxicava 

 rugosa, many specimens of which were found alive within 

 the burrows. It was kept in water in the aquarium for 

 several weeks, and amongst about thirty species of marine 

 animals, to which the Saxicava burrows afforded lodgment 

 and a safe retreat, Mr. Chadwick was able to identify 

 the following : — Scyphistoma stage of Aurelia, Caryophyllia 

 smithii, Ophiopholis bellis, Cucumaria hyndmanni, Linens 

 marinus, Harmothoe sp., Nymphon gracile, Poreellana longi- 

 cornis, Pecten varius, Lepton sulcatulum, Emarginula fissura, 

 FissnreUa graced, Rissoa spp.. Cellaria jistulosa, Ciona intes- 

 tinalis, Cynthia sp.. and Perophora listeri. 



Caryophyllia smithii is here recorded for the first time 

 as a member of the fauna of the L.M.B.C. district. Two 

 beautiful specimens were found on the stone, and Mr. 

 Chadwick writes that it was with exceptional pleasure 

 that he was able to keep them alive and under observation 

 for a fortnight. 



Other faunistic points will be found noted in the 

 Curator's report (Appendix B). 



Easter Class for School Teachers. 



This subject has been referred to in former Reports, 

 and now that the new buildings afford the necessary 



