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roots of tangle." Dr Scott has also recorded Cerehratulus 

 angulatus (0, F. MMW.) ~ Serpentaria fragilis, H. Goodsir, and 

 Gordiiis fragilis, Dalyell, from the vicinity of Largo Bay, in 

 February 1894.^ There can be little doubt that both Groodsir 

 and Dalyell had this interesting worm from the mouth of the 

 Firth, although they do not expressly say so, and Johnston ^ 

 mentions a specimen in the British Museum labelled " Firth 

 of Forth, Lieut. Thomas, RN." When shore-collecting, I 

 have obtained a number of other species, but one or two 

 only have as yet been identified. 



The following are all the JSTemertinea for which I find 

 definite Forth records : — 



(Nomenclature as in M'Intosh's Monograjyh.^) 



Amj^hiporus lactijloreus (Johnst.) — North Berwick, August 

 1906 ; Dalmeny; Charlestown (W. E.). 



N emeries neesii (Orst.) — One from Firth of Forth in Brit. 

 Mus. (Johnston's Catalogue, p. 29, as Serpentaria fusca). 



R. assimilis (Orst.) — Obtained in vicinity of the Bass Rock by 

 the German North Sea Expedition of 1872 (Mobius, Jahi^eshericht 

 der Commission, etc., ii. and iii., 1875, p. 155). 



Lineus marinus (Mont.) — See above. Also from Black-rocks, 

 Leith, Dr Greville (Johnston's Catalogue, as L. murenoides). 



L. gesserensis (0. F. Miill. ) — Shore near Charlestown, February 

 1905 (W. E.). 



L. hilineatus (D. Ch.) — Dalyell had specimens of this from a 

 Cellardyke fisherman {^Powers of the Creator, ii. p. 71, as Gcrdius 

 tcenia,). 



Cerehratulus angulatus (O. F. M.) — See above. 



Carinella annulata (Mont.) — Specimen from Firth of Forth in 

 Brit. Mus. (Johnston's Catalogue). 



Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke) — Dalmeny shore (W. E.). 



Malacohdella grossa (O. F. M.) — Off Elie, Leslie and Herdman 

 {Invert, Fauna, 1881, p. 64). 



M. valencienncei (Blanch.) — In My a truncata, Firth of Forth 

 (Johnston's Catalogue, pp. 35 and 302). 



From the indications of distribution given in Professor 

 M'Intosh's account of the " Nemerteans " {British Annelids, 

 Part I.), I think we should expect at least twenty species to 

 occur within the limits of the Firth of Forth. 



1 Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1894, p. 118. 



2 Catalogue, of Non- Parasitic Worms, 1865, p. 28. 



^ Monog. Brit. Annelids, Part I. Nemerteans ; Ray Soc, 1873-74. 



