16 RA COLEETT. 
M.-N. KI. 
In one individual, caught in the Drebaksund on the 28th August 
1897, the stomach likewise contained several (entire) Yoldia lucida, as 
well as some small Crustacea (one Phzlomedes brenda) besides a number 
of Foraminifers (Bzloculina elongata). 
This species thus appears to seek its food, which in part has been 
proved to consist of small Molluscs and Crustacea, at the very bottom of 
the sea. 
Propagation. 
Whether the largest individuals as yet met with (from the Arendal 
Channel, 28th July 1897), whose total lengths were from 149 to 184 mm, 
were fully matured is, may be, doubtful. Of the 4 specimens of the 
above mentioned sizes, of which the sexes were examined, two were 
males and two females. In the former the testes were at the time not 
particularly developed, while the latter had immature eggs in the 
ovaries. A somewhat smaller individual, caught off Aasgaardstrand in the 
Christiania Fjord, one month later that year, was a male whose testes 
were considerably Jarger and more developed than in the above mentioned 
specimens. This individual was not fully coloured, notwithstanding it was 
of a total length of 144 mm. (See p. 14). 
It is therefore probable that the true spawning time for all these 
individuals would have occurred in September or October, and that their 
bodies would then have attained their full size of, possibly, one or a few 
centimetrés greater length. 
Parasites. 
In the 3 young individuals caught at Beian in the Trondhjem Fjord 
in August 1882 (total lengths 57 to 62 mm.), a small Anchorella was found 
attached to each pectoral, while an Anceus maxillaris was fixed in the 
side of one of them. 
None of the other 14 were frequented by Anchorella or other Ecto- 
parasites. 
Vertical Distribution. 
L. sarsii appears to be a deep sea species. The depth of water 
from which the specimens were obtained, varied from 80 to 300 fathoms. 
Most (amongst them 2 small young ones) were caught at a depth of 100 
to 200 fathoms. 
