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""li 1899. In Sea N. W. of Røst, 0—500 m. i' (trawl). 



"/4 — Gaukværø II, 0— -250 m. rr — 



21/4 — Kvænangen 0—3^0 m. rr — 



2^4 — In Sea off Ingo, 0—300 m. rr — j 



I have specimens from tlie following places on the west coast | 

 of Norway: — j 



^74 1897. The Fiord outside liergen in the stomach of Gadus tirens. [ 

 -7i 1899. Hei-l0 Fd., 0—400 m. jun. rr (tow-net), j 



271 — On the coast off Herlo. 0—150 m. — ""' 1 



-1/9 — TheNorw. Channel off the I j 



Kors Fiord. ) 



'75 — The Herlo Fioi-d, in the stomach of Gadus i-tims. \ 



179 — The Hjelte Fiord about 100 m. rr (tow-net I. 

 '7n — Henno in the ,,skjærgaard" beyond Bergen in the sto- 

 mach of Gadus virens. 



On Nansen's .,Fram" expedition, a single specimen was taken 

 on May •22nd 1894. M 



On the Norw. North Atl. Exp. (187(3—78) this species was 

 noticed at most of the stations. 



G. 0. Saes writes'-): „The present beautiful species was obser- 

 ved on the expedition in several localities, at a considerable distance 

 from the coast, swimming about on the surface of the water, as a 

 rule, however exclusively young indinduals. At one of the stations 

 (St. 75) west of the Namsen Fiord, the animal occurred in such 

 profusion that the sea in some localities had a peculiar brownish 

 tint." Professor Saes also mentions the species from the Kristi- 

 ania, the Hardanger and the Vest Fiords. 



AuEiviLLius^) has observed it in the surface layers of the 

 Skagerack in August, and in the (Julmar Fiord towards the end 

 of November. In the months of August and September, the spe- 

 cimens he obtained were generally found rather deep down. 



The species is distributed from the Arctic Ocean to the coast 

 of Portugal, and from Greenland to Massachusetts Bay. 



C. KoELBEL'*) states the length of the largest specimen caught 

 at Jan Mayen to be 36 mm. My largest specimen, taken in the 

 sea off Ingø in Finmai'k, has precisely the same length; the largest 

 specimen from the Herlo Fiord, near Bergen, was 32 mm. 



Burcojiliaitsia Inermis, Krøyek. 



This species constitutes, as is well known, the pi'incipal food 

 of the coal-fish and plankton eating whales. I \\i\\ therefore give 

 a complete account of the observations I have been able to make 

 respecting the distribution of this animal. 



'7^ 1897. Svolvær (Lofoten), in the stomach of Gadus caUarius + 

 'Vi — 0gs Fiord, 0—150 m. (tow-net) r 



— — Between Barø and Lødingen, — 200 m. (tow-net) r 

 7» — Svolvær in the stomach of Gadus callarias c 

 Va — Ostnes Fd. at various places, — 120 m. (tow-net) + 



— — Raftsund, Ti-old Fd., Grund Fd. — r 

 -"A — Reine, in the stomach of Gadus callarias -\- 

 '7i 1899. Reine, (Lofoten), 0—150 m. (tow-not) rr 

 'Vi — 8 miles S. E. of Reine — rr 

 -7i — Lyngen HI, 0— 200 m. — rr 



•■'7i 1899. Helle ( Ostnes Fd.), 0— 50 m. (tow-net). . 



V2 — Vest Fiord, 0— 50 m. 



72 — Raftsund, 0—200 m. — 

 V4 — Stene, (Lofoten) 100—200 m. — 



174 — Malang Fiord, m. — 



"/4 — Stønnesbotn 0— 3 m. — 



-74 — Sea off Ingø, 0—300 m. (trawl) 



73 1900. Henningsvær I, 0—140 m. (tow-netl jun. 

 ^73 — Beier Fiord, 0—150 m. (trawl) 



The contents of the stomachs of coal-fish which were caught 

 in the Porsanger Fiord') in the summer of 1898, were for the most 

 part composed of this species. 



The presence of Boreophausia incnnis along the coast of Ber- 

 gen is also satisfactorily ascertained, a large quantity having been 

 found in the stomachs of young coal-fishes caught off Henno on 

 '7ii 1902. 



But it is not certain if the species is to be met with animally 

 on this coast. 



AuEiviLLius mentions the species in the Skagerack, and Nok- 

 MAN-) gives Banff, Shetland, Moray Firth and Clyde district as 

 places whei'e it is found. The species is observed from Spitzbergen 

 to the Skagerack and England, as well as from Greenland along 

 the east coast of North America to about 42° N. The largest 

 specimens I have found (in the Malang Fiord) were 25 mm. long. 



Boreophausia raschi, M. Saes. 



This species is distinguished from the foregoing by a toothlike 

 projection on the sides of the carapace. The dorsal tooth, however, 

 in front of telson is missing in raschi. 



I have only found this species once, and that was at Hellc in 

 the Ostnes Fiord, (Vs 1897, 0—120 m.). 



1 It is known from the Kristiania Fiord (SI. and G. O. Saes). 



j The latter also mentions having ocasionally found the species on 

 the west coast of Norway. It is also known from Greenland and 

 Great Britain, a list of places where it has been found has been 

 given by Noeman') and T. Scott.*) 



Thysanoessa negh'cta, Keøyek. 



There was no example of this species among the specimens 

 taken in 1899—1900, but on '"1^ 1897 I found it in the Ostnes 

 Fd., plankton 0—60 m. It was also found in the stomach of ocean- 

 cod {sTirei) which was fished at Svolvær '73 1897. 



G. O. Saes mentions having taken the species in the N'aran- 

 gci' Fioi'd. 



I luiv(! the following notes tVoni the west coast of Norway. 

 •'7i 1900. The Hjelte Fiord, 0-220 m. tow-net rr 



'7io 1902. Manger, in the stomach of Clupea harengus r 



'7ii 1902. Hennø, in the stomach of Gadus virens jun. r 



The species is known from Greenland, (H. 1. Hansen) the 

 Siberian coast (J5eandt), N. E. America. (S. I. Sjiith), besides 

 Norman and T\ T. ScOtt have mentioned several places on the 

 British coast where it has been found. 



1) G. 0. Sabs, Crustacea, p. 13. Thr Norw. North Polar Expod. 189.-i— 1896. 



2) Crustacea II. The Norw. North Atl. Exp. 187ti— 78, p. 12. 



^) Die Plankton Fauna des Hkayeraks, p. 74. K-l. Svenska Vet. Akad. 

 Handl. 30, N. 3. 



••) Die Oesterri'ichische Pularstation ,Jan Mayen. Reobactnni)s-Kroebnisse, 

 III B. p. 48. 



') Sparre-Schneider have taken specimens at Kvænangen. 



'') Briti.sh Schizopoda of Families Laphogastrida' and Ephansiida'. Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., S. (1 Vol. IX, p. 4til. 



•') British Schizopoda, p. 462. 



■•) On the Distribution of Pehi-ic Invertebrate Fauna of the Kirth of Forth 

 and ils \icinit.v. I'nrI III. Sixtwntli Annual liujiort of tlie Fishery Board for 



