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Erytlirops serrata, G. 0. Sars. — During the past year this schizopod 

 has been obtained in several parts of the Clyde area, sometimes alone, 

 sometimes in company with another and smaller species, — Erytlirops 

 elegam. Neither of these are recorded in Prof. Henderson's Decapod and 

 Schizopod Crustacea of the Clyde. 



Monoculodes tuberculatum, G. 0. Sars. — A single specimen of this amphi- 

 pod occurred in a tow-net gathering, collected a few miles east of the 

 Island of Arran. There does not appear to be any previous record of it 

 in the British seas. 



Epimeria tuberculata, G. O. Sars. — A single specimen was obtained 

 in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig. There appears to be no previous British 

 record of this species. I am indebted to the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing for 

 the names of both these amphipods. 



Ephimedia Eblanw, Spence Bate. — Two small specimens of an amphi- 

 pod, which Mr Stebbing thinks may probably belong to this species, were 

 obtained in the seaward part of the Clyde estuary. They resemble some- 

 what closely the figure of the species in Bate and Westwood's British Sessile- 

 Eyed Crustacea, but are smaller than the size stated by these authors. 



Pliilomedes (Cypridina) brenda (Baird). — Two specimens, both males, of 

 this rare ostracod were obtained in the Clyde, in the deep water to the east 

 of Arran. Dr Brady, who kindly examined one of the specimens, says : 

 ' Your specimen is, I have no doubt, P. brenda. 1 The only previous 

 British records for this ostracod appear to be the following : — Off the 

 coast of Durham, near the Dogger Bank (Rev. A. M. Norman). Off 

 Noss, in Shetland, 80-90 fathoms (M'Andrew). Ultra-British distribu- 

 tion, Greenland (Holsteinbourg Harbour) ; various parts of Norway and 

 Sweden, from E. Finmark and Trondhjem to Drobak and Kullaberg.* 



Aspidophryxus peltatus, G. O. Sars (PI. III. fig. 19). Several speci- 

 mens of this curious crustacean were obtained as parasites on Erytlirops 

 serrata and Erytlirops elecjans (already recorded), but chiefly on the 

 former. Males appeared to be scarce, and any that were noticed were 

 not adhering to the females, but were each some distance apart, and con- 

 nected to the female by a slender filament, as shown by the drawing 

 (fig. 19). Rev. Mr Stebbing also identified this species for me. 



Copepoda. 



A considerable number of copepods have, in addition to those recorded 

 from Loch Fyne, been discovered in various parts of the Clyde area. It 

 is not my intention, however, to record all these at present ; that may 

 probably be done more fully later on. Meantime, I only give detailed 

 descriptions of three species that appear to be new to science. 



Stenhelia intermedia, sp. n. (PI. II. figs. 10-21). 



Description of the Female. — Length about "7 mm. (o^th of an inch). 

 Body robust. Antennules eight-jointed ; the first four moderately stout 

 and sub-equal; the fifth, sixth, and seventh small, but of nearly equal 

 length, while the end joint is about as long as the fourth joint j the first 

 four joints are together fully twice the entire length of the last four 



* Mon. of the Marine and Fresh- Water Ostracoda of the iV. Atlantic and North- 

 western Europe, by Drs Brady and Norman (Second Part), p. 656 (1896). 



