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KEPOKT on a small COLLECTION of ANTAECTIC 

 PLANKTON from the NEIGHBOURHOOD of 

 the SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, collected by 

 the STAFF of a DUNDEE WHALER in 1892-3. 



By Isaac C. Thompson, F.L.S.; 



With NOTES on the DIATOMACE^, 



By Thomas Combee, F.L.S. 



With Plates XVIII. and XIX. 



[Read May 13th, 1898.] 



The material forming this collection was recently placed 

 in my hands for examination by Professor D'Arcy W. 

 Thompson, C.B., by whose orders it was collected. It 

 was contained in eighteen small vials, and since supple- 

 mented by about thirty larger bottles, the latter being 

 mostly similar in date to the former, and simply labelled 

 " Antarctic," with the date of collection and in most cases 

 the surname of the collector. 



Indeed, I have been able to obtain only the most 

 meagre particulars as to collection, no depths or localities 

 being mentioned. The dates given are from February 

 26th, 1892, to December 12th, 1893, and presumably the 

 material was all collected at the surface by tow-net. The 

 collection is composed of Copepoda, represented by seven 

 species, a few Schizopods and other Crustacea, a consider- 

 able number of Sagitta, a few worms, a few Peridineae, 

 Foraminifera represented by Globigerina, and masses 

 of floating Diatomacese representing several species. The 

 latter appeared to me of such interest that I handed them 

 over to my friend, Mr. Thomas Comber, F.L.S., whose 



