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April, two in October, and two in December. The October records for 

 Station IX. describe the species as common in the surface tow-net and 

 frequent in the bottom net, and in December as frequent in both nets 

 There are in all thirty-four records of Parathemisto for 1893, twenty 

 seven of them being for the first three or last three months. 



In 1894 the number of records are as follow : — For Station I. there is 

 one in February, two in April and August, and one in November. For 

 Station III. there is one in February and April, two in August, one in 

 November, and two in December. For Station IV. there is only one 

 record — viz., for surface tow-net in February, in which Parathemisto is 

 described as common. There are only two records for Station V. — viz., 

 for surface and bottom tow-nets in February. There are three records for 

 Station VIII., one in January and February, and one in April. The only 

 record for Station IX. is one in February. The number of records of 

 Parathemisto for 1894 is twenty, twelve of whjch are for the first two and 

 last two months, the other eight being divided equally between April and 

 August. 



In 1895 the records for Station I. are one in February and two in 

 December, and in the surface tow-net record for December Parathemisto 

 is described as common. For Station III. there is one in February and 

 April, and two in December. For Station IV. there is one record in Feb- 

 ruary and one in December. There is one record in April for Station V. 

 For Station VIII. there is one in February and April, and two in Decem- 

 ber ; while for Station IX. the records are two in February and one in 

 December — or seventeen records altogether for 1895, thirteen, or fully 

 70 per cent., of them being for the two months February and December. 



The following Table shows the distribution of the records of Parathe- 

 misto as described in the preceding notes : — 



Table VI., showing the Distribution of Parathemisto, as indicated by 

 the Tow-net Records for the Years, Months, and Stations. 



























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Months. 







































Three Inner Stations. 



Years. 























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une. 







p< 



<o 



"S 



> 

 o 

















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•-5 







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Q 







1889, . 



1 

























1 





1890, . 



























1 





1891, . 



1 



2 



2 



2 



1 



1 









1 



2 





12 



I 



1892, . 



2 



2 



2 



1 















1 



1 



9 





1893, . 









1 













1 



1 





6 





1894, . 





1 





2 









2 







1 





6 





1895, . 





1 





















2 



3 



Totala for the Months, .... 



6 



6 





6 



2 







2 





2 



5 



3 



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