179 



Copepoda of the AVest Coast. 



The samples examined were the following.* 



1. (No. 23) Table Mountain, N. 79° E., 40 miles, 450 metres 



(250 fathoms) iHth April, 1900, coarse net. See 

 Marine Investigations of South Africa, I., p. 193. 



2. (No. 30) Lion's Head, N. 54° E., 38 miles, 350 metres 



(195-204 fathoms), i6th lApril, 1900, moderately fine 

 net. 



3. (No. 17) Lion's Head, N. 76° E., 28 miles, 250 metres 



(140 fathoms), i6th April, 1900, half-coarse net. 



4. (No. 8) Lion's Head, N. 63° E., 34 miles, 277 metres 



(15 fathoms), 19th April, 1900, moderately coarse net. 

 The result of the examination of these four samples was 43 

 species, a considerable number, considering that all samples were 

 collected in one and the same month, and chiefly along the bottom. 

 The following table indicates the species found in every 

 sample ; the signs here, as in the following, indicate the appar- 

 ent frequency, viz. : cc very common, c common, -|- not rare, 

 r rare, rr very rare. 



It is evident that the list cannot be a complete one of the 

 forms occurring in the origin of the Benguela Current, but, 

 nevertheless, it may be of interest to examine the distribution 

 of the species in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. 



I consider as tropical such forms as occur in the Equatorial 

 and Florida Currents, as temperate such as occur in the space 

 north of a line from the Newfoundland Banks to the Azores and 

 Cape Verde. I count in this category also such forms as have 

 been found in the Gulf of Guinea, but not in the Florida Current. 

 Of the species noted west of South Africa 



32 per cent, have been found in the tropical Atlantic, 



42 ,, ,, „ „ temperate Atlantic, 



71 ,, ,, ,, ,, Mediterranean, 



35 „ reach the Faroe Channel, 



21 ,, have been found north of the Faroe Channel. 



Copepoda of the Agulhas Bank. 



The samples examined were as follows : 



1. (No. 26) False Bay, off Roman Rock, 37 metres (i9'5-22 



fath.) 13. X. 1898, fine net. 



2. (No. 18) Cape Infanta, N.N.W., 4 miles, 62 metres (35 



fath.) 6.vii.i90o, moderately fine net. 

 (No. 4) Cape Infanta, N.N.W., 4 miles, 67 metres, (38 



fath.) 6.vii.i9oo, coarse net. 

 (No. 2) Cape Infanta, N.JW., 6 miles, 70 metres (40 



fath.) 6.vii.i900, moderately fine net. 

 (No. 5) Cape Infanta, N.^W., 13^ miles, 74 metres (42 



fath.) 13.vii.1900, coarse net. 

 (No. 20) Cape Infanta, N.^W., 13^ miles, 74 metres (42 



fath.^ 13.vii.1900, moderately fine net. 



* The numbers in brackets are the Reference numbers. 



