REPORTS. 285 



MOLLUSCA. 



Tpiopa elavigeP. Lihou, several times. Bordeaux, several times. Vazon, 

 July 27. This sea-slug is not included in ]\Ir. Marquand's list, and is an 

 addition to our MoUuscan fauna. 



Tpophon mupieatUS. Petit Port, September 12. Rarely found alive. 



Ostrea edulis (Edible Oyster). L' Islet, two half -grown specimens about 

 two inches across. On August 8 Mr. F. Wright also found a large full- 

 grown specimen beneath Clarence Battery. 



On August 14 a small " Blue Shark " about three feet in 

 length was taken by a fisherman off the east coast. The 

 following day the same fisherman took a verj^ large " Frog- 

 Angler " {Loplutis jjisccftorius) nearly five feet in length. 



On September 7 Mr. P. B. Le Patourel caught a fine 

 large male specimen of that peculiar crab Dromia vulgaris 

 (The Sleeping Crab) oft Jerbourg. This crab usually holds 

 a sponge upon its back by means of the sharp hooked claws of 

 the short pair of legs, and this frequently becomes attached to 

 the carapace and grows there. This catch seems to show that 

 this crab probably lives and breeds in local waters. 



On January 14 Mr. F. Wright took home one of the 

 tunicates {Ciona intestinaUs) and placed it in his aquarium. 

 A number of small pretty worms emerged from the body 

 cavity, and after wandering about for some time returned 

 inside the tunicate. During the time the tunicate survived 

 — some months — these commensal Avorms frequently came out 

 and, after Avandering about for some time, ahvays returned 

 inside their host. These Avorms have been determined by Dr. 

 Fleure as Drepliaiioplioris riihro.striatus = Arnphiporus specta- 

 bili.s. 



F. L. Tanner, Sec. Mar. Zool. Sect. 



Report of Folklore Section. 



In presenting the Report of the Folklore Section for the 

 past year, there is one local departiu-e, the recording of Avhich 

 gives me great pleasure. This is the presentation in musical 

 and dramatic form, of the once popular festivities that 

 accompanied the annual gatherings at various Guernsey 

 farms, on the occasions of the Grand Ploughs, when the land 

 was being specially prepared for the parsnip crop. The 

 friends and neighbours used to assemble in turns, at each 

 other's houses, to assist Avith their personal services, and Avith 

 the loan of oxen and horses ; and then after the labours of 

 the day, there was a bounteous and festive supper, and the old 

 songs and stories went merrily round ; dancing was indulged 

 in and a very pleasant evening Avas invariably spent. 



