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it has again been observed in several of the gatherings sent to the Fishery 
Board’s Laboratory from the Clyde. In 1897 a new genus was instituted 
for this copepod by Dr. W. Giesbrecht, of Naples, but it appears to be 
one of those species whose lot it is to undergo several removals ere it 
reaches its ultimate destination, as indicated by the following quotation 
from a work lately published by Herr. O. Nordgaard, entitled, ‘“‘ Report 
on Norwegian Marine Investigations, 1895-97.” At page 21 of his 
report, Herr. Nordgaard refers to the species under consideration as 
follows :— 
“In ‘Underségelser over Dyrelivet i Arktiske Fjorde’ Herr Sparre 
Schneider has mentioned a copepod that is called Undinopsis bradyi, G. 
QO. Sars. This species is said to have been found in Kvenangen and at 
Tromso. In the summer of 1897 I showed Professor Sars a preparation 
of a copepod that I was unable to identify. He then declared it to be 
the very Undinopsis bradyi, and afterwards informed me in a letter that 
the said copepod had been described by Mr. Brady (Monograph of the 
Copepoda of the British Islands, i., p. 46, Pl. IV., figs. 1-11). 
The species was, however, there wrongly identified with Pseudocalanus 
armatus, Boeck, which, according to Mr. Sars, is another species. As 
Mr. Sars in his gigantic revision of Norwegian Crustacea will soon come 
to the Copepoda, I shall do nothing but here note the occurrence of 
Undinopsis bradyi at the following places :— 
March 14th, 1896, Vestfjord (67° 32°5' N.; 130° 24:5‘ EH.) in 
Plankton 0°200m. 
March 5th, 1897 ; Ostnes-fjord in Lofoten. 
March 7th, 1897, Irold-fjord in Lofoten, Plankton 0°65m. 
Besides, I have this year (1899) taken several specimens of the species in 
fjords near Bergen.” 
This note by Herr. Nordgaard is of interest, if for nothing else than 
the information he gives concerning the distribution of the species, 
but it also indicates that Professor Sars’ designation is likely to take 
precedence over- that of Bradyidius armatus of Drs. Giesbrecht and 
Vanhofen. It is doubtful, however, if this copepod will be allowed to 
rest under Undinopsis bradyt, for it is by no means a rare species, aud, as 
Herr. Nordgaard and Professor Sars have shown, it has a wide distribu- 
tion. It is probable, therefore, that it has not escaped the notice of some 
of the earlier naturalists, and may be described and named in their 
published works by a designation different from any of those referred to. 
Isias clavipes, Boeck. 
1864. Istas clavipes, Boeck, Forh. Vid. Selsk., Christiania, p. 18. 
This, which is a moderately rare species, has again been observed in 
several of the tow-net gatherings forwarded from the Clyde during recent 
months. The specimens obtained were found for the most part in 
gatherings collected in the tow-net fixed to the head of the trawl, and 
appeared to be most frequent in the gatherings collected in September. 
The species was taken in Kilbrennan Sound at Stations III. and IV., 
near Sanda Island, and in the vicinity of Ailsa Craig. I have no records 
of Isias from Loch Fyne this year. It may be of interest to mention that _ 
it was also during September last year that Zstas was chiefly observed. 
Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg). 
1853. Temora velox, Lillj., De Crustac. ex ordin. tribus; Cladoc. 
Ostrac. et Copep. in Scania occurr., p. 177, Pl. XX., figs. 2-7. 
This species was found in a small pond near the New Zoological 
