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September, 
respects intermediate between the families Nannastacidse and 
Campylaspidse, and suggests that the}' ought probably to be 
merged into one" ; and Ceratociima " is so aberrant that it has 
been considered necessary to establish a new family for its 
reception." 
Besides these hitherto unknown species, Dr. Caiman 
enumerates twelve Cumacea new to the "British area" of 
Norman. Five of these — Cyclaspis longicaudata^ G. O. Sars, 
Campylaspis verrucosa^ G. O. Sars, C sulcata, G. O. Sars, 
Platyospis typica, G. O. Sars, and Leptostylis macrura^ G. O. 
Sars — occur both in Norwegian and in vSouth European 
waters ; , two — Laicofi pallidus, G- O. Sars, and HeiJiilamprops 
imiplicata, G. O. Sars — are Norwegian ; another — Leptostylis 
longimanay G. O. Sars — is North American and Norwegian ; 
another — Eudorella hispida, G. O. Sars — has hitherto been 
recorded only from the New England coast of the Atlantic ; 
while the remaining three — Cyclaspoides Sarsi, Bonnier, 
Procarnpylaspis armata, Bonnier, and Campylaspis nitens, 
Bonnier — are Sotith European or Mediterranean species. 
Most of the above-named species were obtained by a townet 
attached to the beam of the trawl or dredge, a method of 
collection admirably adapted for securing delicate organisms 
from the sea-bottom, as Mr. Holt has abundantly .shown by his 
work on the Schizopods. Two localities seem to have been 
especially fruitful. A station 64 miles N.W. ^ W. of Cleggan 
Head, Co. Galwa}^ yielded, from a depth of 199 fnis., eight of 
the twelve species new to Britannic waters, and one of those 
new to science. x\nother station 77 miles W.N.W. 
of Achill Head, Co. Ma3 0, the depth being 382 fms., was the 
locality for six of the twelve new Britannic species and seven 
of the nine new to science, including the three referred by 
Dr. Caiman to undescribed genera ! 
The wonder of this spot in the Atlantic waste is shown also 
by Prof. G. H. Carpenter's paper^ on the Pycnogonida. Thence 
were dredged three species of " Sea-spiders " unknown in our 
marine area— a northern Nymphon — A'', leptochele, G. O. Sars ; 
the hitherto undiscovered male (exhibiting remarkable 
structural features) of a blind northern Anoplodactylus—yi. 
1 Geo. H. Carpenter. The Marine Fauna of the Coast of Ireland. Part 
vi. Pycnogonida. Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. Invesi.^ 1904, iv. [1905]. 
