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Show is very interesting. I do not know of any other freshwater Corophiida?. I s o p o D A. P a r a n t h u r a n ig ro - pu n c ta ta (Lucas). Paranthura costcmct Thomson, Trans. N. Z. Inst. xiv. p. 230; Index Faunae N. Z. p. 262. Paranthura nigro-punctata Stebbing & Norman, Trans. Zool. Soc. xii. p. 129, pi. xxvi. fig. 11. A small specimen, about 6 mm. long, from Waikare Lake, taken at a depth of 5 feet, must, I think, be referred to the species found on the New Zealand coast, which was long ago identified with this European species by Mr! Thomson. The specimen is immature, the seventh segment of the pereion being small and lacking appendages. It possesses large distinct black eyes, the colour is pale yellow with markings of black on the back, and it is evidently a surface form. Another specimen from the same locality was dissected and drawn by Dr. Brady, who kindly sent me the drawings he had made. So far as I am aware, this is the only freshwater species o f the Anthuridae known, with the exception of the subterranean form Cruregens fontanus from the underground waters of the Canterbury Plains, and it is of especial interest for this reason, though it is quite distinct from Cruregens fontanus. The species to which I have referred it, Paranthura nigro-punctata, was first taken by Mr. Thomson among some seaweed washed up on the beach near the mouth of the Taieri River; I have several specimens taken at different localities on the East Coast of Canterbury, which agree closely with the description and figures given by Stebbing and Norman. 6. On the Marine Fauna of the Cape Yerde Islands, from Collections made in 1904 by Mr. C. Crossland.- The Polyclad Turbellaria. By F. F. L a id l aw , M.A. Cantab. [Received June 8, 1906.] (Plate LIL* and Text-figures 111-113.) C o n t e n t s . i. Introduction : p. 705. ii. Notes on the Specimens in Mr. Crossland's Collection: p. 706. iii. Literature: p. 718. i. I ntr o d uc t io n . The collection of Polyclads made by Mr. Crossland is of interest not only on account of the hitherto undescribed species represented in it, but also because it is the first collection which makes it 1 9 0 6 . ] POLYCLAD TURBELLARIA OF THE CAPE YERDE ISLANDS. 7 0 5 * For explanation of the Plate, see p. 719. 4 7 * |