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nearly the entire range of both salinity and temperature for the gen- 

 eral area under study. 



The proportionate abundance of the two species ^ in the summer of 

 1914 is shown in the following table, which gives the relative numbers 

 in samples from each haul. 



Stations and Depths in Meters. 



compressa 

 bispinosa 



compressa 



bispinosa 



1 MentiBcations follow Sars, 1890-1895. 

 - S, = Swarm of the two species combined. 



