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very small specimens almost globular, gradually assuming a more oval form 

 (see PI. XXXVI, fig. 12). 



Occurrence. This form was found very abundantly in the greater 

 number of the samples (12), and it was taken both from the surface and 

 from depths down to 300 metres. 



Distriiution. Off Greenland, in lat. 74° 49' N., long. 11° 30' W. from 

 a depth of 350 fathoms; Faroe channel, in lat. 60° 20' N., long, 7° 23' W. 

 from a depth of 200 fathoms, cold area. 



CIRRIPEDIA. 



Some Cirripedia-larva3 in the characteristic so-called Cypris-stage, appa- 

 rently belonging to a species of Balanus, were found in a sample laken 

 October 13th, 1893, north of the New Siberian Islands. 



Christiania. January 1900. 



G. 0. SARS. 



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