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furcata* Baird. 



BOECK states that the species is common everywhere along the 

 shore. I have seen it in plancton samples from the little fjord 

 outside the Biological Statiun. 



Oonchoeria / .;///>. G. 0. Sars. 



(Oversigt af Norges marine Ostr;u o<ler. p. 117 118. Kristiania 

 Vi. Irii. Selsk. Knrli. 1865. The diagnose in Latin). 



Ostracods have appeared in a few cases in the samples I have 

 examined. Thus the above form occurred in a sample from 100 

 in., taken March 26th, 1896, 8 miles S. E. to E. of the fishing 

 station Reine i Lofoten. 



in the plancton may be mentioned inonocx 'latua. Schneider, 



taken in the Tromsii sound (April 1'Oth, 1897) in a surface sample. 



Conchoecia obtunata. G. 0. Sars. 

 L. c., p. 118119. 



Of this species I found two specimens in a sample from about 

 the same place (Mar. 23rd, 1896. 16 miles S. E. to E. off Reine, 

 0130 m.). 



nine nordmanni, Loven. 



At certain times the evadne is one of the commonest forms of 

 the plancton. Thus in June 1897 the species occurred in great 

 quantity outside the Biological Station. 



Borrophaunitt //* rwn'.--. Kn'lyer. 



This schizopod. which was sometimes found in great quantity 

 in the stomach of the Lofoten ml, also appeared in the plancton 

 vimples. In the Ostnes-fjonl, Lofoten, also thysanoi : ** >/<///<(/(, 

 Khiyer. was found, whereas I have not yet obtained ni/cti]>lin>i<: 

 iionrgica in the plancton net, but have seen this species in great 

 numbers in the stomach of gadwt rirens. Besides the three ephau- 

 sidae mentioned, the following belong to our fauna: 



Euphausia pellucida, Dana. 



Boreophausia raachil. M. Sars. 



i. K'royer. 



l'. >nl<icuma ccrcaria, v. Beneden. 



Of this cunian' 1 . which must probably be noted as a southern 

 form, I took, in a plancton catch on Feb. 22th, 1897, a single 

 specimen, in the harbour of Brettesnes, Lo<oten. Along the nor- 

 thern coasts the species is likely to be rare. SCHKEIDEK states 

 that he has taken a specimen at Hillesd in Malangen-fjord. 



Podon polyphemoides, Leuckart. 



In the little fjord on which the Biological Station is situated, i 

 podon in 1897 occurred most frequently in the month of July. 

 Podon, as well as evadne, are by 6. 0. SARS given among the 

 species that serve as food to the sprat. 



Parathrmisto oMiiiti. Kriiyer. 



This arctic form I have observed at different places in the 

 plancton, and also in the stomach contents of gadus callarias and 

 g. lirens. In stomachs of the latter species (Sunderii in Vester- 

 aalen, Feb. 1897) I also took the forms far more rare on the 

 coasts of Norway, of evfkeuttfto cotnpressa, Goes, and cuthemisto 

 Intrpinosa, Boeck. 



ri. Kabr. 

 (A. Mbinn, Lvncli). 



Fry and young individuals of this amphipod occurred in the 

 surface at Sundero in Vesteraalen, Feb. 10th, 1897. SABS states 

 that the species occurs in comparatively shallow water among algse 

 from Kristiania-fjord to Vadso. Among other amphipods observed 



In some of the plancton samples that I have examined, I 

 have been struck by the number of foraminifera that occurred. 

 The only explanation seems to be that a great deal of bottom 

 forms are whirled up by the current and are kept floating for 

 some time. Mr. HANS KI.V.K of Kristiania has shown me the 

 kindness of defining the foraminifera in some of the samples taken 

 during my journey in 1897, and the result is here given from his 

 manuscript : 

 March llth, 1897. 5'/s miles SSE of Ure in Lofoten. 



Planorbulina lobatula. Walk & Jacob, a few specimens 



Cassidulina crassa, d'Orb., 



Haplophragmium nanum, Brady. one small 



March 5th, 1897. S. to W. off Vater-fjord, 0100 (Ostnes-fjord). 



Nonionina scapha, Ficht & Moll.. one defective specimen 



Planorbulina lobatula, Walk & Jacob, some 



Uvigerina angulosa, Will., a few 



Pulvinulina punctulata, d'Orb., 



Cassidulina laevigata, d'Orb., 



Verneuilina polystropha, v. Reuss, 

 April 20th. 1897. Tromso-sound, plancton from surface. 



Polystomella striatopunctata, Park & Jones, 2 specimens. 

 March llth, 1897, GimsO-strommen, plancton 50 m. 



Planorbulina lobatula, Walk & Jacob, some specimens 

 refulgens, d'Orb., 

 akneriana, d'Orb., one 



Miliolina seminulum, Lin., 



Feb. 9th, 1897. Sunderii, Vesteraalen. in plancton taken from 

 the beach. 



Planorbulina lobatula, Walk & Jacob, one specimen. 



