VIII.—NOTES ON GATHERINGS OF CRUSTACEA COLLECTED 
BY THE FISHERY STEAMER “GARLAND,” AND THE 
STEAM TRAWLERS “STAR OF PEACE” AND “STAR 
OF HOPE,” OF ABERDEEN, DURING THE YEAR 1901. 
By Tomas Scort, F.L.S., Mem. Soc. Zool. de France. 
(Plates XXII.—XXYV.) 
In continuation of my notes on the new and rare Crustaceans which 
have been obtained in tow-net gatherings, and in gatherings of dredged 
and other materials collected at different times and in various places 
during the past year, I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to the 
Naturalist on board the Fishery steamer ‘‘Garland,” and to Mr. 
Darinevig and others who have carried on from time to time a 
considerable amount of interesting fishery research work during 
1901. The collections of Crustacea forwarded to the Laboratory at 
Bay of Nigg, in connection with these investgations, have in a number 
of instances proved to be extremely interesting, Several apparently 
undescribed forms have been obtained, while others, though they 
may have been recorded elsewhere, have not previously been 
obtained in Scottish waters. Moreover, the distribution of a number of 
rare species described in former papers has by these researches been still 
further extended. 
A number of rare Crustaceans—Copepods and others—have occurred 
in gatherings collected by the “Garland” in the Firth of Forth on the 
East of Scotland, and in Loch Etive on the West Coast. Other rare 
forms have been obtained in gatherings collected by the steam trawler 
“Star of Peace” while working to the east and north of the Shetland 
‘Islands ; and one or two species, rarely met with, were also captured in 
deep water (58 to 65 fathoms) about nine to ten miles to the eastward 
of Aberdeen by the steam trawler “ Star of Hope.” 
There is one point in connection with these investigations which seems 
to be of peculiar interest, and which it may not be out of place to refer 
to here ; it is this, that localities which have already been subjected to 
prolonged and careful examination should still continue to yield not only 
rare but even new forms of life. I do not refer to those minute micro- 
scopical species which are difficult to distinguish, and which may easily 
be overlooked even by those who have acquired a fairly extensive and 
special knowledge, but species which from their size and shape or colour 
are sufficiently conspicuous to attract the attention of even the casual 
observer. Whether these forms, which are turning up in places where 
they have not been seen before, are recent or new arrivals, or whether 
they have escaped notice hitherto owing to their distribution being 
limited to some particular area more or less out of the reach of the dredge 
or the tow-net, and that, having for some reason left their old haunts, and 
made their way to a place more accessible, have ultimately been captured, 
is a question that may not be easily answered. ‘The following two 
examples will indicate more clearly the aspect of the question concerning 
the distribution of species to which I refer :-— 
For many years previous to 1886-87, when arrangements were made by 
the Fishery Board for the scientific investigation of the Firth of Forth, 
special efforts had from time to time been put forth by not a few eminent 
