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Iflya furcata. Bainl. 

 BoECK states that the species is common everywhere alonj? the 

 shore. I have seen it in plancton samples from tlie little fjord 

 outside the Biological Station. 



Coiichoecia elegans, G. 0. Sars. 

 (Oversigt af Norges marine Ostracoder, p. 117 — 118. Kristiania 

 Viden. Selsk. Forli. 1865. The diagnose in Latin). 

 Ostracods have appeared in a few cases in the samples I have 

 examined. Thus the above form occurred in a sample from — 100 

 m., taken March 26th, 1896, 8 miles S. E. to E. of the fishing 

 station Reine i Lofoten. 



in the plancton may be mentioned monoeulodes fessellatus, Schneider, 

 taken in the Tromso sound (April L^Oth, 1897) in a surface sample. 



Conchoec'ia ohtuscda, G. 0. Sars. 

 L. c, p. 118—119. 

 Of this species I found two specimens in a sample from about 

 the same place (Mar. 23rd, 1896, 16 miles S. E. to E. off Heine, 

 0—130 m.). 



Evadne nordmanni, Loven. 

 At certain times the evadne is one of the commonest forms of 

 the plancton. Thus in June 1897 the species occurred in great 

 quantity outside the Biological Station. 



Podon polyphsmoidcs, Leuckart. 



In the little fjord on which the Biological Station is situated, 

 podon in 1897 occurred most frequently in the month of July. 

 Podon, as well as evadne, are by G. 0. Saks given among tlie 

 species that serve as food to the sprat. 



Parathnnisto ohlivia, Kriiyer. 

 This arctic form I have observed at different places in tlie 

 plancton, and also in the stomach contents of gadus callarias and 

 g. virens. In stomachs of the latter species (Sunderii in Vester- 

 aalen. Feb. 1897) I also took the forms far more rare on the 

 coasts of Norway, of cufMmisto compressa, Goes, and euthemisto 

 hispinosa, Boeck. 



Amathilla homari, Fabr. 



(A. sabind, Leacli). 



Fry and young individuals of this amphipod occurred in the 



surface at Sundero in Vesteraalen, Feb. 10th, 1897. Sars states 



that the species occurs in comparatively shallow water among alga3 



from Kristiania-fjord to Vadso. Among other amphipods observed 



Boreo2)hausi.a inermis, Kriiyer. 

 This schizopod, which was sometimes found in great quantity 

 in the stomach of the Lofoten cod, also appeared in the plancton 

 samples. In the Ostnes-fjord. Lofoten, also thysanoessa negleda, 

 Kroyer, was found, whereas I have not yet obtained nycf/iphancH 

 norvegica in the plancton net, but have seen this species in great 

 numbers in the stomach of gadus rlnms. Besides the three ephau- 

 sidse mentioned, the following belong to our fauna: 



Euphausia pellucida, Dana. 



Boreophausia rascidi, M. Sars. 



Thymnol'ssa longicaudata, Kroyer. 



Pseudocunia cercarla, v. Beneden. 

 Of this cuniace, which must probably be noted as a southern 

 form, I took, in a plancton catch on Feb. 22th, 1897, a single 

 specimen, in the harbour of Brettesnes, Lofoten. Along the nor- 

 thern coasts the species is likely to be rare. Schneidee states 

 that he has taken a specimen at Hilleso in Malangen-fjord. 



In some of the plancton samples that I have examined, I 

 have been struck by the number of foraminifera that occurred. 

 The only explanation seems to be that a great deal of bottom 

 forms are whirled up by the current and are kept floating for 

 some time. Mr. Hans KiiEB of Kristiania has shown me the 

 kindness of defining the foraminifera in some of the samples taken 

 during my journey in 1897, and the result is here given from his 

 manuscript : 

 March lltb, 1897. B'/s miles SSE of lire in Lofoten, 



Planorbulina lobatula. Walk & Jacob, a few specimens 



Cassidulina crassa, d'Orb., — — 



Haplophragmium nanum, Brady, one small — 



March 5th, 1897. S. to W. off Vater-fjord, 0—100 (Ostnes-fjord). 

 Nonionina scapha. E'icht & Moll, one defective specimen 



Planorbulina lobatula. Walk & Jacob, some 



Uvigerina angulosa. Will., a few — 



Pulvinulina punctulata, d'Orb., — — 



Cassidulina laevigata, d'Orb., — — 



Verneuilina polystropha, v. Reuss, — — 



April 20th, 1897. Tromso-sound, plancton from surface. 



Polystomella striatopunctata. Park & Jones, 2 specimens. 

 March 11th, 1897, Gimso-strommen, plancton — 50 m. 



Planorbulina lobatula, Walk & Jacob, some specimens 



refulgens, d'Orb. 



one 



— akneriana, d'Orb., 



Miliolina seminulum, Lin., — ■ — 



Feb. 9th, 1897. Sundero, Vesteraalen, in plancton taken from 

 the beach. 

 Planorbulina lobatula, Walk & Jacob, one specimen. 



