396 



DISCOVERY REPORTS 



These figures do not prove anything, but suggest that Amphtofi may be more common 

 between 200 and 500 m. There is no indication that the larger individuals were taken 

 in the deeper waters. 



Table II. List of stations at which Amphion was takeji 



Colour and swimming habit. 



I have had the opportunity of studying alive two specimens of Amphion taken in 

 surface plankton at Bermuda. The body is almost colourless, but there are red chroma- 

 tophores in the mouth region, at the base of the antenna, at the base of each leg and at 

 the base of the telson. In one specimen there was also a chromatophore ventrally in 

 abdominal somite 5. The eye may appear blue. The peculiar swollen part in the middle 

 of the antennal flagellum was of a blackish orange colour. 



One of these specimens lived for several days in a small bowl in the laboratory, but 

 died during the moult to stage IX. It swam feebly in the usual position of the caridean 

 larva, namely on its back with the tail foremost. 



