222 J. D. Dana on an Isothermal Oceanic Chart, 



We also omit the zoological characters of the Provinces 

 here enumerated. Several of these Provinces are identical 

 with those proposed by Milne Edwards, Prof. E. Forbes, and 

 others ; and, as far as possible, the names heretofore used 

 are retained. 



I. OCCIDENTAL KINGDOM. 



A. Western Section. 



1. Torrid or Coral-reef Zone. 

 Provinces. Limits. Length in Miles. 



1. Panamian, (torrid) . . 1° S. to 17£° N. . . 1600 



2. Mexican, Province, (N. subtorrid) 17 J° N. to Californ. Penin. 600 



3. Guayaquil „ (S. subtorrid) 1° S. to Cape Blanco, 4f° S. 200 



2. North Temperate Zone. 



4. Sonoran, (warm temperate) . Penin. Californ. to 28£° N. 550 

 ^6. Diego* or Jacobian, (temperate) 28 £° N. to 34£° N. . . 450 



6. Californian, (subtemperate) . 34£° N. to C. Mendocino 480 



7. Oregon, (cold temperate) . C. Mendocino to Puget's 



Sound (?) . . . 480 



8. Pugettian, (subfrigid) . . Puget's Sound to 55° or 56° 1200 



3. South Temperate Zone. 



9. Gallapagos, (warm temperate) Gallapagos. 



10. Peruvian, (temperate) . . C. Blanco to Copiapo, 27£° S. 1500 



11. Chilian, (subtemperate) . 27£° S. to 38° S. . . 700 



12. Araucanian, (cold temperate) 38° to 49° or 50° S. . 900 



13. South Patagonian, (subfrigid) 50° S. to Magellan Straits. 



B. Eastern Section. 



1. Torrid Zone. 



1. Carribbean, (torrid) . . Key West and N. Yucatan to 



1° S. of Bahia . . 4000 



2. Floridan, (N. subtorrid) . Key West to 27° N. . 200 



3. Brazilian, (S. subtorrid) . 15° S. to 24° S. . . 600 



2. North Temperate Zone. 

 4« Carolinian, (warm temperate) 27° N. to Cape Hatteras 600 



5. Virginian, (cold temperate) . Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod 650 



6. Arcadian, (subfrigid)t • ' Cape Cod to E. Cape of New- 



foundland . . 900 



3. South Temperate Zone. 



7. St Paul,J (warm temperate) . 24° S. to 30° S. . . 480 



8. Uraguaian, (temperate) . 30° S. to N. Cape of La Plata 360 



9. Platensian, (subtemperate) . Mouth of La Plata. 



10. North Patagonian, (cold temperate) S. Cape of La Plata to 43° S. 500 



11. South Patagonian,§ (subfrigid) 43° S. to Magellan Straits 700 



* May possibly be united conveniently to the Sonoran. 



t Changed from Nova-Scotian in the Report on Crustacea. 



| The St Paul province may perhaps be united with the Uraguaian. 



§ The South Patagonian is made to include both the eastern and western 

 6ides of this portion of the continent ; but a division of the two may hereafter 

 be found to be required. 



