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[chap. 111. 



of 270 fathoms, lat. 72 31 S., long. 173° 39 E., 

 " corallines, flustrse, and a variety of marine inverte- 

 brate animals came up in the net, showing an abun- 

 dance and great variety of animal life. Amongst 

 them I detected two species of 'Pycnogonum^ Idotea 

 haffini, hitherto considered peculiar to the Arctic 



Fig. 21. — Araturv-s lio^ni, Sabine. About the natural size. (No. 5P.) 



seas " — and some other forms. The figure represents 

 Arcturus haffini and a few of its progeny, which 

 however have got somewhat into disorder. The 

 nursery arrangements are usually much more regular. 

 One or two species of the singular marine arachnida 

 of the genus Nymphon, of a very large size, were 



