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CYCLOSTOMI. 
Mr. H. D. Goodsir informed me, in 1844, that the Myxine is captured 
on the muddy banks on both sides of the May, in the Firth of Forth, by 
fishermen engaged in fishing for Gadidce ; one which he gave me was 
taken on a hook, still in its mouth. 
The Lancelet, Amphioxus lanceolatus, Yarrell, 
Has been obtained on the South coast, as noticed by me in the 18th vol. 
of the Ann. Nat. Hist. (1846) : — 
“ Lancelet, Amphioxus lanceolatus , Pallas (sp.) ; Yarr. Brit. Fishes. — 
“ Three specimens of this extraordinary fish with which I have been favoured 
were dredged on sand from a depth of forty -five fathoms off Cape Clear, in the 
month of May last, by Mr. MacAndrew, whose successful dredging exploits are 
so well known. This gentleman, writing from Liverpool in August, 1846, gave 
me the following interesting particulars of the lancelet : — ‘ The first time 1 ob- 
tained this species was early in Sept., 1843, in Kilbrannan Sound, West Clyde — - 
forty to fifty fathoms ; muddy sand : the specimens were of large size, about 
double that described by Yarrell, and appeared to possess some peculiarities. 
One was placed in the hands of Mr. Goodsir, and the other deposited in the 
Museum of the Royal Institution, Liverpool. At the end of April, 1845, spe- 
cimens were procured off Mount’s Bay, Cornwall, in about thirty fathoms; and 
West of Scilly, forty-five fathoms in clean sand. It is by no means rare on the 
Cornish coast, as on two or three occasions I found as many as five in my dredge 
at once.” 
Mr. MacAndrew afterwards found several living lancelets at Bantry 
Bay, among sand dredged from shallow water for manure, early in 
June, 1848. 
