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spinous joint, with a small one at apex. The left foot 

 is composed of three stout joints and a strong apical 

 tooth, with a short seta near apex. 



Abdomen 5-jointed in the male, three in the female. 

 Length of caudal stylets about twice the width, each 

 bearing one lateral seta and four terminal setae, all 

 plumose. Both males and females were found plentifully 

 in many of the tow-nettings, the females being much the 

 most abundant. 



It is necessary here to state that two bottles of material 

 are, after consideration, not dealt with in this report for 

 the following reasons : — 



The first, duly labelled "Antarctic," with a date 

 corresponding with the rest, was found to contain several 

 specimens of the common "fresh-water flea," Daphnia 

 pulex, and of the fresh-water Copepoda Diaptomus and 

 Cyclops, but no marine forms ! It is, of course, quite 

 possible that they may have been found in a ship's tank, 

 and put into the vial and labelled carelessly, or by some- 

 one trying to be funny, or they may have been found 

 during a land excursion, in some inland tarn. 



The second bottle is uniform with the others, but 

 labelled simply " Tow-net, 16/4/93." It contains a large 

 number of tropical species of Copepoda, including Calanus 

 vulgaris, Pontellce, Monops, Euchcetce, CoryccBiis, Copilia, 

 Miracece, Onccea, &c, so entirely differing from those 

 found in cold Antarctic waters that in the absence of 

 any more reliable information than the label gives, or I 

 have been able to elicit, it would be unwise to include 

 them as Antarctic species. 



In concluding this fragmentary report, I should like to 

 join in the hearty expression of the advantages to science 

 to be derived from a well-equipped expedition to the 



