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II. On the Marine Copepoda of New Zealand. 

 By G. Stewardson Brady, M.B., D.Sc, LL.D., F.R.S., C.M.Z.S. 



Received February 9, 1899, read March 21, 1899. 



[Plates IX.-XIIL] 



IN this paper I complete, so far as possible, an account of two collections of New 

 Zealand Entomostraca submitted to me by Mr. G. M. Thomson of Dunedin, and 

 Drs. Meinert and H. J. Hansen of Copenhagen. A former contribution (already 

 published in the ' Transactions ' of this Society, vol. xiv. p. 429) deals with the Ostracoda ; 

 the present paper refers to the Copepoda. It is rather remarkable that no Cladocera 

 were noticed in any of the numerous gatherings represented in these collections, and 

 it is also unfortunate that of some of the most interesting species only one or two 

 imperfect examples were found, — in some cases so extremely imperfect that I have 

 made no attempt to describe or figure them. In some other cases of specimens 

 preserved in picric acid, the opacity and extreme brittleness of the subjects made 

 dissection very difficult, and recognition of anything beyond the coarser external 

 features quite impossible. The collections were made for the most part by means of 

 the tow-net at the surface and down to a depth of 6-8 fathoms ; a few were from 

 littoral alga?. Not much systematic investigation of the marine microzoa of New 

 Zealand appears hitherto to have been made ; for the work already done we are 

 indebted chiefly to Mr. G. M. Thomson, who has published papers on the Ostracoda 

 and Copepoda in the ' Transactions ' of the New Zealand Institute. There can be no 

 doubt that a rich harvest awaits any observer who may be able to devote time and 

 labour to the task. 



The memoirs quoted in this paper are as follows. They are indicated in the 

 synonymy by the numbers assigned to them in the list : — 



Boeck, Axel. (i). — Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster iagttagne Copepoder henhorende til 



Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes ogHarpactidernesFamilier. (Vidensk.-Selskabs Forhandlinger, 



1864.) 



Brady, G. S. (i). — A Monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. 



(Bay Society, 1878-80.) 



„ (2). — Beport on the Copepoda collected by H.M.S. ' Challenger ' during the years 



1873-76. (1883.) 

 n (3). — Description of a new Species of Cyclops. (Sixth Annual Beport of the 



Fishery Board for Scotland.) 1888. 

 }i (4). — A Bevision of the British Species of Freshwater CyclopidEe and Calanidre. 



(Natural History Transactions of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 

 vol. xi.) 1891. 

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