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Anomatlocera patersonit, Templeton. 
1837. Anomalocera patersonii, Templeton, Trans. Entom. Soc., 
vol, ii. p. 35, Pl. V., figs. 1-3. . 
This species, which is one of the most richly coloured of the British 
Copepoda, was occasionaily observed during the past year in tow-net 
gatherings both from the Firth of Clyde and the Moray Firth, but it 
seldom occurred in any quantity. 
Parapontella brevicornis (Lubbock). 
1857. Pontella brevicornis, Lubbock, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 
(2), vol. xx., Pl. XL, figs. 4-8. 
Though Parapontella may occasionally be found moderately common 
more frequently one or a few specimens only are obtained in any single 
gathering—such, at least, is my experience in regard to the distribution 
of this species in the Scottish seas. Parapontella brevicornis has during 
the past year occurred sparingly both in the Firth of Clyde and in the 
Moray Firth. Living specimens are readily distinguished, even amongst 
crowds of Calanus, Pseudocalanus, Temora, etc., by their peculiar dark 
or blackish colour, but much of this colour is lost when the specimens 
are preserved in spirit. 
Acartia clausii, Giesbrecht. 
1889. Acartia clausi, Giesbrecht, Rendiconts: R. Accad. d. Lincet, 
Vole Ve, tasc. I). 
This is the only species of Acartia I have hitherto observed in the 
Clyde district. The spines, with which the fifth pair of feet of the female 
are armed, are short and very stout, and therefore very different from 
those of Acartia longiremis, Lilljeborg. Inthe Moray Firth district both 
Acartia clausti and Acartia longuremis are met with ; the first is frequent 
in the open sea, but it has also been observed inshore. On June 6th, 
1898, both species occurred in a gathering collected at Station ITI. 
(Cromarty Firth), where there is usually a more or less admixture of fresh 
water, and also at Stations I. and II. (off the Nairn Coast) on the 7th 
of the same month. Neither Acartia bifilosus, Giesbrecht, nor Acartiu 
discaudata, Giesbrecht, have been observed in the Moray Firth district, 
but it is quite possible that they may yet be found there—especially in 
that part of the district known as the Beauly and Cromarty Firths, where 
the conditions seem to be favourable for these two species. 
Cervuinia bradyi, Norman. 
1878. Cervinia bradyi, Norman; Brady, Mon. Brit. Copep., 
vol. 1, p. 86, Pl. XX1Va., figs. 3-13. 
A single specimen of this curious species was obtained in a small 
gathering of Microcrustacea washed from a quantity of mud brought up 
in the bottom tow-net at Station XII. (Firth of Clyde) on 29th August 
1898, from a depth of from forty to forty-three fathoms. Cervinia was 
discovered at Oban by the Rev. A. M. Normanin 1877. It has also been 
recorded from the Irish Sea by I. C. Thompson, of Liverpool; but this 
appears to be the first time the species has been observed in the Clyde. 
It is quite distinct trom any other species of the British Copepoda. 
