122 ME. T. SCOTT ON ENTOMOSTEACA 



Genus Saphieina, Thompson. 

 Saphirina, Thompson, Zoological Researches, 1829 



Saphieina ovalis, Dana. 



1852. Saphirina oralis, Dana. 



1883. Saphinna ovalis, Brady, Report Chall. Copep. p. 123, pi. xlvii. figs. 1-12. 



Habitat. Station 2, January 1st (night collection). Lat. 1" 55' 5" N., long. 5^ 55' 5"E., 

 10 and 30 fathoms, January 22nd (day collections). Station 21, surface, February 4th 

 (day collection). Station 2i, surface, February 6th (day collection), etc. 



This Saphirine was obtained in 27 tow-nettings, 10 of wliich were surface and 17 

 under-surface gatherings. The uuder-surface tow-nettings ranged from 2 to 50 fathoms, 

 with the exception of one which was from 185 fathomxS. 2 of the surface and 13 of the 

 under-surface were day collections, while 8 surface and 4 under-surface were night collec- 

 tions, as shown in the formula : — 



J 2 day collections, 

 f 10 surface. |. g night ditto. 



Tow-nettings 27 . -^3 ^ ^^^^^ 



I 17 under-surface < •' 



K 4 night ditto. 



Only one or at most very few speciniens were observed in any one of the tow-nettings, 

 Tlie females of Safhlrlna ovalis were usually readily distinguished from other Saphirines 

 by the numerous, circular, opaque white spots scattered somewhat symmetrically over the 

 entire dorsal surface, and which imparted a rather elegant appearance to the specimens. 

 (It will be understood that the ornamentation described is that of specimens which have 

 been several years in spirit.) 



Note. — This appears to be the species described by Giesbrecht as Saphirina stellata 

 and = S. ovalis of Dr. Brady's ' Challenger ' Coi)epoda, but not S. ovalis, Dana. 



Saphieina inj^qualis, Dana. (Not S. nlgromaculata, Claus.) 



1852. Saphirina inatqualis, Dana, Crust. U.S. Expl. Exped. p. 1241, pi. Ixxxvii. fig. 7. 



1860. Saphirina elegans ( ? ), Lubbock, Trans. Liuu. Soc. vol. xxiii. p. 12, pi. xxix. figs. 18, ID. 



1883. Saphirina incequalis, Brady, Report Chall. Copep. p. 124, pi. xlviii. iigs. 1-5. 



Ilahitat. Station 9, 25 fathoms, January 10th (day collection). Station 11, 10 fathoms, 

 January 19th (day collection). Station 14, 20 fcithoms, January 21st (night collection). 

 Station 18, surface, February 3rd (day collection). Station 24, surface, February 6tli 

 (day coUection). Lat. 5' 40' 8" S., long. 11 33' 4" E., surface, February 19th (day col- 

 lection), &c. 



Saphirina incequalis was observed in 41 tow-nettings, 22 of which were surface and 19 

 under-surface gatherings ; 8 of the surface and 14 of the under-surface gatherings were 

 day collections, Avhile 11 of the surface and 5 of the under-surface were night collections. 

 The under-surface tow-nettings ranged from 2| to 25 fathoms, with the exception of one 

 which was from 360 fathoms. 



