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Irish distributio}i. —This species has been repeatedly found 

 off the west coast of Ireland. The small size of the majority 

 of the specimens is perhaps due to the fact that the older in- 

 dividuals descend to water of a greater depth than that in 

 which the investigations were conducted. The records 

 are : — 



Helga. — 



CXX.— 24/8/'01.-53° 58'N., 12° 22'W., 382 fathoms. Trawl— Two, 

 10-5 and 14 mm. 



S.R. 139.-11 /8/'04.-55° 0' N., 10° 48' W., soundings 1,000 

 fathoms. Triangle net, 0-1,000 fathoms. Surface tempera- 

 ture 14-6° C, temperature at 800 fathoms 7-0° C— 

 Four, 11-12 mm. 



S.R. 140.-11 /8/'04.-54° 50' N., 10° 45' W., soundings T^o 

 fathoms Surface temperature 14-5° C, temperature' at 

 480 fathoms 8 -7° C. Townet, 0-530 fathoms— One, 12 mm. 

 Triangle net, 0-730 fathoms —Fourteen, 11-26 mm. 



S.R.175.— 14/9/'04.— 54° 53' N., 10° 42'W., soundings 670 fathoms. 

 Triangle net, 0-600 fathoms. Surface temperature 10 • 9° C. , 

 salinity 35-44°/oo; temperature at 670 fathoms 4-5° c' 

 salinity 35 -46°/ ^o— Twelve, 14-23 mm. 



S.R. 193.-10/2/'05.-54°50'N.,10°30' W., soundings eJo fathoms. 

 Triangle net, 0-630 fathoms. Surface temperature 9 -6° C, 

 salinity 35-41°/oo ; temperature at 480 fathoms 9-2° C — 

 Five, 19-29 mm. 



S.R 197.-11 /2 /'05.-54° 57' N., 10° 51' W., soundings T» fathoms. 

 Triangle net, 0-680 fathoms— Three, 21-26 mm 



S.R. 224 -12/5/'05.-53° 7' K, 15° 6' W., soundings 860 fathoms. 

 Midwater trawl, 0-750 fathoms— Four, 22-28 mm 



S.R. 231.-20 /5/'05.-5.5° 1' N., 10° 45' W., soundings 1,200 

 fathoms. Midwater trawl, 0-1,150 fathoms— Twelve, 20-26 

 mm. 



S.R. 282— 18/11 /'05.-54° 59' N., 10° 53' W., soundings TWo 



fathoms. Triangle net, 0-700 fathoms. Surface temperature 



10-6° C, sahnity 35-30°/oo ; temperature at 700 fathoms 



9-0° C— Five, 17-18 mm. 

 S.R. 299.-5 /2/'06.-50° 13' 30" N., 11° 16' W., soundings 500 



fathoms. Triangle net, 0-400 fathoms. Surface temperature 



10-8° C, salinity 35-30°/oo; temperature at 500 fathoms 



9.70 C— One, 19 mm. 

 S.R. 331.-9 /5/'06.-51° 12' N., 11° 55' W., 610-680 fathoms. 



Trawl — One, 26 mm. 

 S.R. 364.-10 /8/'06.-51° 23' 30" N., 11° 47' W., 620-695 fathoms. 



Trawl. Temperature at 600 fathoms 7-92° C— Few 

 S.R. 470.-24 /8/'07.-50° 16' N., 11° 27' W., soundings 770 fathoms. 



Midwater trawl, 0-500 fathoms. Surface temperature 

 ' 15-8° a, salinity 35-30°/o„; at 500 fathoms 9-03° C, 



salinity 35 • 35°/ ^o— Fifteen, 13-5-19 mm. 

 S.R. 477.-28 /8/'07.-51° 15' N., 11° 47' W., 707-710 fathoms. 



Trawl. Temperature at 700 fathoms 7 • 19° C— Three, 17- 



38 mm. 



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