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.cylindrical, the length being about equal to twice tbe breadth, 

 .and furnished with three terminal hairs. The first segment of 

 the abdomen is only slightly enlarged auteriorly, tlie second and 

 third joints are botli shorter than the last joint ; the caudal furca 

 a,re of moderate length, being about as long as the last two 

 abdominal joints combined. 



JSah. Off East Griacier and near Cape Grertrude, Northbrook 

 Island. A few specimens only were obtained. 



Bemarhs. There seems to be little doubt that this Franz- 

 Josef Land species is identical with Dr. Giesbrecht's Myzojpoiitius 

 pungens from the Bay of Naples, so far as can be made out from 

 the description alone. The Arctic specimens appear to be 

 .somewhat larger than those from Naples ; the specimen figured 

 measured 1'6 mm, (^V of an inch), whereas Dr. Giesbrecht gives 

 .0"85 to I'l mm. as the size of the female. 



Family isr c .a; a d .e. 

 Grenus Oncaa, PMlippi, 1843. 



Oncaa mediteeranea {Glaus). 



1863. Antaria mediterranea, Claus (23), p. 159, pi. 30. figs. 1-7. 



A few specimens of Oncda mediterranea were obtained in a 

 gathering collected about fifty yards off West Point, Cape Flora, 

 in 2-3 fathoms, on June 4th, 1897. This Copepod appears to 

 have a wide distribution ; and it is also of interest to note that 

 though Mr. Bruce obtained it in quite shallow water at Franz- 

 Josef Land, it has, on the other hand, been found at considerable 

 depths in the tropical seas. Dr. W. Griesbrecht records its 

 occurrence at a depth of 4000 metres *, and I have obtained the 

 same species in a gathering of micro-crustacea from the Gulf of 

 Ouinea collected at a depth of 360 fathoms t« What appears to 

 be the same form was recorded from Spitzbergen by Dr. Lillje- 

 borg in 1875 %. 



* ' Pelagiscben Copepoden des Grolfes von Neapel,' p. 591. 



t Trans. Linnean Society, 2nd ser. (Zool.), toI. vi. p. 118. 



X " De under Svenska vetensbapliga Expeditionen till Spetsbergen 1872-1873 

 derstades samlade Hafs-Entomostraceer" (Ofvers. Akad. Forhandl. Stockholm, 

 Aar 1875). 



