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PseudocalaniLS elo?igatus, Boeck. — Generally distributed, and more or 

 less frequent all over the loch. The following are a few of the localities 

 wliere the species has been obtained : In surface and bottom tow-nets at 

 the head of Loch Fyne, off Inveraray in a tow-net at 3 fathoms from 

 the surface; in surface and bottom tow-nets, between Loch Gair and 

 Largymore ; and in surface tow-net between Tarbert and Avidh Island 

 (G.). 



(?) Pseudocalanus armatus, Boeck. — In bottom tow-net gatherings from 

 the vicinity of Largymore and Furnace, and between Lowburn and Dun- 

 derave Castle (G.). 



Steplws gyrans (Giesbrecht). — (PI. II. fig. 9; PI. III. figs. 17, 18). 

 A single specimen — a female — of this interesting species was obtained in 

 some dredged material from Loch Gair, Upper Loch Fyne. A careful 

 comparison of the various appendages of this Loch Gair specimen with 

 Dr Giesbrecht's description and figures, leaves no doubt as to its identity 

 with the specimens obtained at Naples. Dr Giesbrecht discovered his 

 specimens in the tanks of the Zoological Station at Naples. The species 

 appears to be quite distinct from Steplws minor (T. Scott) from the Firth 

 of Forth. The Loch Gair specimen measures '8 mm. in length (about 

 -g^th of an inch). 



Euchceta norvegica, Boeck. — Common in the deep water of Upper 

 Loch Fyne, and also obtained occasionally at the surface (G.). Upper 

 Loch Fyne in 60 to 70 fathoms ; taken at all seasons of the year in great 

 abundance in Upper Loch Fyne, at from 5 to 15 fathoms above the mud 

 in the deepest water. The females seem to carry a succession of ova, 

 which are of a bluish colour, all through the year (M.). 



Scolocithrix hibernica, A. Scott.* — Taken in a bottom tow-net gathering 

 between Carndow and Dunderave Castle, and between Loch Gair and 

 Minard Castle (G.). This species was first obtained in deep water off 

 the coast of county Down, Ireland, by my son, Mr Andrew Scott. 



Centropages typicus, Kroyer. — East Loch Tarbert and neighbouring 

 parts of Loch Fyne (Calderwood). 



Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg). — East Loch Tarbert and Loch Fyne 

 (Calderwood). Off Inveraray, between Carndow and Dunderave Castle, 

 and in Loch Gair (G.). This species is moderately common all over the 

 district ; Loch Fyne (M.). 



Temora longicornis (Muller). — This also is a moderately common and 

 widely distributed species. It has been obtained off Garndow, off Inver- 

 aray, off Minard, and in Loch Gair (G.). In East Loch Tarbert and Loch 

 Fyne (Calderwood). 



Metridia hibernica (Brady and Robertson). — East Loch Tarbert and 

 Loch Fyne (Calderwood). Off Largabruach, Upper Loch Fyne (G.). Dr 

 W. Giesbrecht gives the following synonymy for this species. f 



* Ann. and Marj. Nat. Hint, Nov. 1896, p. 362, Pis. XVII. and XVIII. 

 t Pelagischen Copepoden des Oolfes von Neapel, p. 340. 



