Thompson — Fauna and Flora of Valencia Harbour, Ireland. 739 



Family. — Coryc^id^. 



Corycceus anglicus, Lubbock. 

 Corycceus speciosus, Dana. 

 Oncaa mediterranean Giesbrecbt. 



Family. — Monsteillid^ . 



Thaumaleus claparedii, Giesbrecbt. 

 Thaumalens thonipsonii, Giesbrecbt. 



Family. — Caligid^. 

 C aligns rapax, Milne Edwards. 



On Tables I., II., III., appended to tbis Eeport, will be found a 

 record of tbe distribution of Copepoda over various montbs of 1895-98, 

 as follows : — 





as 

 1-5 





i 



< 



OS 



pi 



1-5 



1-5 



< 





o 



o 



> 

 o 



!5 



o 



n 





1895 









X 



X 



X 



X 





X 









Table 1. 



1896 















X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



Table II. 



1897 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 





Table III. 



1898 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 

















) 



We bave tbus a record of tbe various species taken in eacb montb 

 tbrougbout tbe year, and in tbe corresponding montbs of two or tbree 

 years, wbicb sbould enable us to obtain a fair knowledge of tbe general 

 •distribution of tbe free -swimming Copepoda of tbis district. 



NOTES ON THE SPECIES. 



Calanid^. 



Calanus finmarcliieus found in every bottle from 1895 to 1898, con- 

 stituting sometimes nearly tbe entire bulk. 



Calanus propinquus occurred very sparingly, and only during January 

 and February, 1897. It differs from C.finmarchicus cbae^j m 

 tbe profusely plumose cbaracter of tbe setae, and in tbe fiftb 

 swimming feet, and tbe diverging caudal segments of tbe 

 male. 



