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The large example from which this description was drawn 

 up was found dead m the mouth of a fish. Although the 

 specimen was apparently quite fresh, it is possible that the 

 colouiing had already been altered in some degree by post- 

 mortem changes. 



General distrihuiion. — Pasiphae princeps has been found 

 in the Pacific near the Aleutian Is., in the Behring Sea, oft 

 Washington, and ofP Ecuador (Rathbun and Faxon). In the 

 West iVtlantic it has been taken between lat. 87° 59' and 

 39° 39' N., and between long. 70° 58' and 73° 48' W. (Smith). 



I have recently examined specimens of this species from the 

 north side of the Bay of Biscay, from the south of the Wyville 

 Thomson ridge, and from the west coast of Norway. 



Irish distrihn tion . 



Hclga. 



S.R.327.— 8/5/'06.— 51° 4r N., 12° 16' W. 550-800 fathoms 



Trawl. Temperature at 500 fathoms 9-22° C, salinity 



35-16°/^„— Two, 75 and 37 mm. 

 S.R. 229.-9 /5 /'06.— 51° 21' N., 11° 35' W. 215-415 fathoms. Trawl. 



Temperature at 400 fathoms 9-55° C, salinity 35-33°/oo — 



One, 67 mm. 

 S.R. 397.— 2/2 /'07.— 51° 46' N., 12° 5' W. 549-646 fathoms. Trawl. 



Temperature at 500 fathoms 8-71° C, salinity 35 •57°/o^— 



One, 132 mm., and macerated fragments of another large 



specimen. 

 S.R.400.— 5/2/'07.— 51°19'N.,11°49'W. 525-600 fathoms. Trawl 



— Macerated fragments. 

 S.R.440.— 16/5/'07.— 51° 45' N., 11° 49' W. 350-389 fathoms. 



Trawl. Temperature at 300 fathoms 9-93° C, salinity 



35-46°/oo— Two, 57 and 51-5 mm. 

 S.R.447.— 18/5/'07.— 50° 20' N., 10° 57' W. 221-343 fathoms. 



Trawl. Temperature at 300 fathoms 9-87° C, salinitv 



35-48°/oo— Five, 47-69 mm. 

 S.R. 487.— 3/9 /'07.— 51° 36' N., 11° 57' W. 540-660 fathoms. Trawl. 



Temperature at 500 fathoms 8 -65° C, salinity 35 •35°/oo — 



Macerated fragments of a large specimen. 

 S.R.490— 7/9/'07.— 51° 57' .30" N., 12° 7' W. 470-491 fathoms. 



Trawi Temperature at 480 fathoms 8-68° C. — Macerated 



fragments of a large specimen. 

 S.R. 493.— 8/9 /'07.— 51° 58' N., 12° 25' W. 533-570 fathoms. Trawl, 



Temperature at 500 fathoms 8 -53° C, salinity 35 -44°/^^— 



One, 116 mm. 

 S.R. 495.-8 /9 /'07.— 52° 0' N., 13° 10' W. 346-400 fathoms. Prawn 



trawl — One, 68 • 5 mm. 

 S.R.505.— 12/9/'07.— 50° 39' N., 11° 14' W. 464-627 fathoms. 



Trawl — One, 52-5 mm., and macerated fragments of a 



large specimen. 

 S.R.506.— 12/9/'07.— 50° 34' K, 11° 19' W. 661-672 fatnoms. 



Trawl. Temperature at 600 fathoms 8-22° C, salinity 



35-53°/oo--One, 53 mm. 



