THE ANxNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORr. 



[SEVENTH SEKIES.] 



" perlitor.M sparnite museum, 



Naiades, et ciroum vitreos i- :i-i In « 'i: ii -s ; 

 PoUice virgineo teneros III' s: 



Floribus et pictum, diva-, I nwn. 



At vos, o Nymphae Craten). -;, n ■ -nii niidas; 

 Ite, recurvato variata corallin truuco 

 Vellite muscosis e rupibus, et mihi conchas 

 Ferte, Deas pelagi, et piiigui couchvlia siicco." 



N.Partheiiii Gianneftasi, Eel. 1. 



No. 91. JULY 1905. 



I. — Report on the Schizopods collected by Mr. George Murray, 

 F.R.S., during the Cruise of the 'Oceana' in 1898. By 

 E. W. L. Holt and W. M, Tattehsall, B.Sc. 



[Plates I. & II.] 



The material dealt with in tlie following paper was collected 

 in November 1898 during the cruise of the 'Oceaua^ in 

 deep water off the west coast of Ireland some 200 mdes west 

 of Valentia. The area in which the collections were made 

 lies between lat. 5.2° 4' 5" N. and 52° 27' ()" N., and long. 

 12° 27' W. and 15° 53' 9" W., the depth of water varying 

 from 453 to 1835 fathoms. This region is thus partly within 

 and partly without the British Area as defined by Norman. 



The method of collecting was by open serial tow- nets 

 fished horizontally at known depths and hauled, still fishing, 

 to the surface. It is obvious therefore that part of the catch 

 of any net may have been made during its descent or ascent. 

 We have thus no reliable guide as to the exact depth at 

 which a species was caught, though a reasonable inference of 

 the iidiabitants of the various zones of water can be obtained 



Ann. (& M<iy. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. xvi. 1 



