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has twice been identified in trawl-refuse from the Bristol 

 Channel. 



In identifying the Squat -Lobsters, Galathea, represented in 

 British seas by five species, all of which occur round Cornwall, 

 the writer has employed the key devised by M. Jules Bonnier, 

 and given by Stebbing in his * History of Crustacea.' G. nexa, 

 Embleton, is common in Whitsand Bay East on sand in 8 to 

 15 fathoms, and has been taken at Polperro. It is of frequent 

 occurrence in 35 to 45 fathoms outside Gerrans and Falmouth 

 Bay, but is obtained very sparingly inshore. It is found in 

 trawl-refuse at Penzance both from within and without the Bay, 

 and from near the Wolf. It has been trawled from the mouth of 

 the Bristol Channel, in 35 fathoms to the south-east of St. Mary's, 

 Scilly, and in 50 fathoms about fifteen miles W.N.W. of Tresco. 

 G. strigosa (L.) is nowhere common, but occurs sparingly, and in 

 places frequently, in rock-pools and under stones on sheltered 

 beaches along the south coast from Plymouth to Mousehole. On 

 the north coast it has been obtained at St. Ives (Vallentin), and 

 once at Port Isaac. At Scilly it is taken round St. Helen's Pool, 

 and has been sent in from Old Town Bay. It seems to be a 

 purely littoral species. G. squamifera, Leach, is intermittently 

 common, and in places abundant under stones, especially on 

 rocky shores and on stony sand, all along the south coast 

 from between tides down to 15 fathoms. It often invades the 

 Lobster-pots, especially on the north coast, where it rarely 

 ventures into shallow water, and at Scilly, where its usual 

 habitat is from 10 fathoms downwards. Specimens in berry are 

 most plentiful in March and April. G. intermedia, Lilljeborg, is 

 widely spread but local from 5 down to 50 fathoms on stony 

 bottom and on coarse muddy gravel. It occurs in many localities 

 round Plymouth, including the Bame-Eddystone Grounds and 

 five miles south-west of Penlee (M. B. A.), and has been dredged 

 about two miles S.S.E. of Portwrinkle on stony mud and gravel 

 in 15 fathoms, and nine miles south of Looe in 32 fathoms. It 

 has been sent in from Mevagissey, recorded from Gorran in 

 berry in February and March, and has been taken in 40 to 

 50 fathoms S. J- W. of the Dodman. Occasional specimens 

 have been obtained off Veryan Bay and outside Falmouth Bay, 

 and also close to St. Mawes. There is a favourite haunt on 



