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ON SOME BED SEA AND INDIAN OCEAN 

 COPEPODA. 



By Andrew Scott. 



(With Plates MIL) 



[Read April 11th, 1902.] 



Two collections of sub-tropical Copepoda made by (3 ) 

 Mr. H. C. Robinson and (2) Dr. H. Lyster Jameson, were 

 given to me for investigation during the past year (1901). 

 These collections, on examination, were found to contain 

 a number of interesting species of Copepoda, including 

 some forms apparently new to Science, and now described 

 and figured. 



(1) Mi. Robinson's Collection. 



The first and most extensive collection was forwarded 

 to me by Professor Herdman, F.R.S., my esteemed chief, 

 to whom I am much indebted for the opportunity of 

 examining what proved to be a profitable series of tow- 

 nettings. This collection was taken between Suez and 

 Colombo, by Mr. H. C. Robinson, in the latter part of 

 March, 1901, during his voyage out to Siam. It was com- 

 menced on March 21st, soon after the ship left Suez, and 

 completed on March 31st, shortly before Colombo was 

 reached. The collection represents roughly a continuous 

 section of the Copepoda, &c, living near the surface of the 

 sea between these two ports at that particular time of the 

 year. This collection was made by attaching a fine tow- 

 net to a tap in one of the bathrooms which was supplied 



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