128 ANOMALOPS PALPEBRATUS. 



of 48 mM., seut, after the death of Dr. Bernstein, with 

 his collections to our museum. Examining the map rela- 

 tive to the last expedition of Bernstein and edited by Mr. 

 V. Musschenbroek '), we see that Bernstein made his journey 

 from Ternate to Batanta (north of Salawati) passing Bat- 

 jau, the coast of Halmaheira, Guebee, Waigeoe and Gemien; 

 from Batanta he went to Samatee (Salawati) , later on to 

 Sorong (New Guinea), and after a stay of three weeks he 

 sailed about Salawati to Senapan where he died. On this 

 expedition he never passed a sea of greater depth than 

 ± 500 M., thus by no means deep sea. 



Concerning the places where the above mentioned spe- 

 cimens are found , I wish to remark the following. The 

 example from Menado can be caught in the sea of Cele- 

 bes, where near the coast depths of 2000 M. and more 

 are found ; that from Amboina probably comes from the 

 deep Banda-sea. In the neighbourhood of the Paumotu- 

 Isles and the New Hebrides one soon reaches a depth of 

 2000 M., near the Fiji-Isles the sea is less deep. 



Perhaps, however, it may happen that deep-sea fishes 

 are dragged away by sea-currents to not deep water, and 

 this may be supposed of the specimen of Bernstein. This 

 explorer made his above mentioned journey from October 

 to April, when in the east of the Archipelago reign the 

 N. E. and N. W. monsoon ; during that period there is a 

 sea-current from the Great Ocean between Halmaheira and 

 New Guinea to Amboina. 



Leydeu Museum, May 1897. 



1) Van Musschenbroek, Dagboek van Dr. M. A. Bernstein's laatste reis van 

 Ternate naar Nieuw Guinea, Salawati en Batanta. 



Notes from the Leytlen Museum, Vol. XIX. 



