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there are no lists of tow-net fauna, and this no doubt accounts to a 

 considerable extent for the records for that year being so few in number. 

 Among the records for 1889 there is one for Station I. in January and 

 another for Station IV.; for Station V. the records are, one in January 

 and two in February, and one also for Station VIII. in January, and for 

 Station IX. in January and November. 



In 1890 there are comparatively few records. Parathemisto was 

 scarce in the surface and bottom tow-nets. For Station III. in April (in 

 the surface tow-net), and at Station I. in May, it was rare ; in the surface 

 net for Station IV. in December; at Station V. it was obtained in April, 

 November, and December. The December record includes both the sur- 

 face and bottom tow-net gatherings. There are also the following records 

 for Station VIII. — viz., two in April and December (surface and bottom 

 tow-nets), and one in May and in August (bottom tow-net only). There 

 are two records for Station IX., one in April and one in August. 



In 1891 the records of Parathemisto are much more frequent than in 

 the two preceding years. There are twelve records for Station I., one in 

 January, two in February, March, and April, one in May, June, and 

 October, and two in November. There are also twelve records for 

 Station III., one in January, February, and April, two in May, one in 

 June, August, and October, and two in November and December. There 

 are ten records for Station IV., two in January, February, and March, 

 one in April, two in May, and one in June. There are ten records for 

 Station V., two in February and March, one in April and May, and two 

 in November and December. The records for Station VIII. are two iu 

 February, one in June, and two in November ; while those for Station IX. 

 are two in February, and one in April, May, and November — the total 

 number of records for 1891 being fifty-four. 



The records of Parathemisto for 1892 include the following, viz. : — Two 

 for Station I. (surface and bottom tow-nets) in January, February, and 

 March, and one in April for the bottom tow-net, and in November and 

 December for the surface tow-net. The records for Station III. are 

 two in January, February, and March, and one in October, November, and 

 December. For Station IV. there are two records for January, February, 

 and March, and one for April, November, and December. For Station 

 V. there is one in January and February, two in March, April, and October, 

 and one in November and December. The records for Station VIII. are 

 two in January, February, and March, one in May, June, July, and 

 October, and two in December ; and for Station IX. there are two records 

 in July, February, and March, one in April, May, July, and October, and 

 two in December. Altogether there are sixty records of Parathemisto for 

 1892, and over fifty of them occur in the first three and last three months 

 of the year. It may also be noted that the records for Stations I., III., 

 and IV. describe the species as common in the surface tow-nets in 

 January or February, while the records for Stations VIII. and IX. 

 describe it as common in the bottom tow-nets in January. 



In 1893 the records of Parathemisto are much fewer in number than for 

 the previous year. Those for Station I. are two in January and one in 

 April, October, and November. For Station III. there is one in January, 

 February, and October, and two in December. The December records 

 describe Parathemisto as frequent in the surface and common in the 

 bottom tow-net. For Station IV. there is one record in January, 

 February, April, and May, two in October, and one in November. For 

 Station V. there is one in February and June, and two in October and 

 December. For Station VIII. there is one in January, April, May, and 

 October, and two in December ; while for Station IX, there is one in 



