138 ."TERRA NOVA" EXPEDITION. 



STOMATOPODA. 



L— INTEODUCTION. 



The only species of Stomatopoda represented by adult specimens in the " Terra 

 Nova " collection was obtained off the Brazilian coast, and is apparently undescribed. 

 A considerable number of larvae and a few early post-larval specimens were collected 

 by the tow-net in the Atlantic and off the north of New Zealand. It has not been 

 thought necessary to give more than brief notes on these immature specimens. In 

 most cases they can be identified with, or placed near to, larvae described by earlier 

 authors, but the material does not enable the sequence of stages to be traced out for 

 any species, and the mere description and naming of new larval " species " from scanty 

 material seems unlikely to be of much value to future workers. 



In the notes which follow, the larval names are distinguished by being enclosed 

 within square brackets. 



II.— LIST OF STATIONS AT WHICH STOMATOPODA WERE OBTAINED. 



South and Equatorial Atlantic. 



Station 39. Six miles off mouth of Rio de Janeiro Harbour. Plankton. 50-mesli net at 2 metres 

 depth. April 27, 1913, 11.0 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. 

 40. Same as Station 39. 2.30 to 5.0 a.m. 

 „ 42. 22° 56' S., 4r 34' W. 40 fathoms, Agassiz trawl. May 2, 1913. 



45.~ 21° S., 37° 50' W. Plankton. 7-mesh net at surface. May 4, 1913, 12.50 to 1.30 a.m. 



46. 20° 30' S., 36° 30' W. Plankton. 7-mesh net at surface. May 4, 1913, 10.30 to 



11.0 p.m. 



47. Same as Station 46. 50-mesh net. 



„ 49. 18° 51' S., 33° 40' W. Plankton. 7-mesh net at surface. May 6, 1913, 4.30 to 5.0 a.m. 

 „ 50. 18° S., 31° 45' W. Plankton. 50-mesh net at surface. May 7, 1913, 12.35 to 1.15 a.m. 

 „ 58. 0°, 25° 15' W. Plankton. 50-mesh net at surface. May 16, 1913, 1.0 to 1.30 a.m. 

 „ 311. 35° 29' S., 50' 26' W. Plankton. Young fish trawl at 2 metres depth. Apr. 22, 

 1913, 8.0 to 10.0 a.m. 



North op New Zealand. 



Station 86. Off Three Kings Islands. Plankton. 50-mesh net at 3 metres depth. July 25, 1911, 



8.0 p.m. to 5.0 a.m. 

 „ 110. 34° 4' S., 171° 55' E. Plankton. 24-mesh net at surface. Aug. 6, 1911, 9.0 p.m. to 



4.0 a.m. 

 „ 126. 34° 13' S., 172° 15' E. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at surface. Aug. 24, 1911, 



9.0 a.m. to noon. 

 „ 127. Off Three Kings Islands. Plankton. 50-mesh net at surface. Aug. 25, 1911, 9.0 p.m. 



to 5.0 a.m. 

 ,, 133. Spirits Bay, near North Cape. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at 20 metres depth. 



Aug. 30, 1911, 8.0 p.m. to 6.0 a.m. 

 ,, 135. Spirits Bay, near North Cape. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at 3 metres depth. 



Sept. 1, 1911, 9.0 p.m. to 6.0 a.m. 

 ,, 136. Spirits Bay, near North Cape. Plankton. Square 18-mesh net at surface. Sept. 2, 



1911, 9.0 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. 



