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round, with 12 station records for March, 7 for April, 3 for May, and only 1 or 2 for 

 each of the remaining months. On its face this seasonal distribution of the records 

 would suggest that H. croni is most widespread during the spring, and so scarce during 



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Flo. 74.— Occurrence of the copepod Halilhalestris croni. • locality records, December to May; X, June to November 



October that all the hauls missed it; but this conclusion may need modification when 

 a greater number of surface hauls for the autumn have been examined. We have 

 taken it in greatest abundance locally in August. 



