TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE ^»>^^ 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 



1899. 



I.— ZOOLOGY. 



Art. I. — Zoological BesuUs of Traivling Trials off the Coast 



of Otago. 



By Professor Benham, D.Sc, M.A., F.ZS. 



[Read before the Otago Institute, 11th July, 1899.] 



Early in the year the Otago Harbour Board lent their tug, 

 the s.s. " Phicky," for the use of a party of gentlemen, some 

 interested in commercially valuable products of the sea, others 

 in scientifically interesting inhabitants. The opportunity of 

 seeing an otter-trawl at work in comparatively deep water, 

 and of collecting zoological material brought up by it, was thus 

 afforded to and seized upon by me. There were two expedi- 

 tions made — one in the day-time, on the 27th February, when 

 the boat went northwards for a distance of about three miles, 

 and trawled in about 10 to 20 fathoms ; the second was a 

 nocturnal trip — 4th to 5th March — when the boat went much 

 further eastwards and southwards, trawling in water varying 

 from 10 to 30 fathoms. 



It appears to be of interest to put on record the more 

 important animals collected by us, since new localities for 

 known species are established, and a number of species that 

 appear to be new were obtained. 



It must be mentioned that we had no small " dredge " for 

 collecting. It is true I took a surface-net with me, but I am 

 not concerned at present with the plankton. The following 



