40 Alf Wollebæk. [No. 12 
GAARD has taken them in the Osterfjord near Bergen: still on the 
south and west coasts of Norway they are never found in any 
quantity. They are more numerous on the other hand in the nor- 
thern parts of the country, as for instance Balstadfjord 150 meters; 
Breisund 100 meters; Malangen (many specimens) 100—200 meters; 
Beierfjord 30—150 meters; Vestfjord 100—200 meters; Porsanger- 
fjord 200 meters. During the eruise of s/s *Michael Sars” they 
have been taken in the following localities:— 
St. 62, 5 1900: 749 19' N, 169 50' E, 280 meters. 
— pr 1901 NM OR == 
St. 45, %% 1902: 62017 N 4157. 25000 
SESSION NT 90 6" W, 450 == 
G. 0. Sars in his "OQversigt over Norges Crustaceer”*) is of 
opinion "that they occeur pretty frequently on our west coast (e. g. 
Christianssund) and extend as far south as Stavanger”. In his 
*Bidrag til Kundskaben om Decapodernes Forvandlinger”*) the 
same author states that Sabinea septem-carinata and sarsii *oceur 
together on our west coast and north as far as Lofoten. However 
off the whole coast of Finmarken, and also everywhere else in the 
polar seas, the former of these two species predominates.” 
Notwithstanding that S. septem-carmata really belongs to high- 
aretic and S. sarsti to boreal regions it may be seen both from 
ÅPPELLØF'S statements?) and from the above-given localities that 
the view held by Sars, which we have quoted with regard to the 
distribution of these two species is no longer sufficiently compre- 
hensive. 
Bathymetric Distribution: The minimum depth from which 
we have material is about 50 meters and the maximum depth 450 
meters, thus coineiding fairly well with those given for S. septem- 
carimata. 
Breeding Season: Specimens taken in the month of July 
had partly-filled ovaries. From the first half of September there 
are å few berried individuals, but their ova were as yet very slightly 
developed. In the middle of April we found ova almost fully 
1) , Forhandl. Vidensk. Selsk.* Kristiania 1882. 
2) ,Archiv f. Mathm. og Naturv.* Kristiania 1890. 
3) *Die Decapoden Urustaceen”, Bergen 1906. 
