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remember that the latter is also represented in Chili and Van- 
couver, as well as in the North Pacific, and that Sebastes is 
described by Dr Gunther ( B . M. Cat ., Fishes, ii. p. 95) as an 
“ inhabitant of nearly all the seas, but not yet found on the 
Atlantic shores of tropical America and on the east coast of 
Africa.” 
Murray again quotes Dr Gunther in regard to the reappearance 
in the south of the northern genus Lycodes , of which a single 
specimen of a new species was got in Magellan Strait. Of late 
years a good many more closely allied forms of this deep-water 
fish have been described, and go a good way to bridge over its 
area of distribution. The expedition of the “Travailleur” obtained 
one form, L.albus , Vaillant, and American expeditions have obtained 
various species in many localities, especially off California, and from 
as far south as 24° north latitude. The not very remote Melano- 
stigma gelati?iosum, Gunther, has been taken in the Straits of 
Magellan, and somewhat abundantly off California. 
We happen to have a considerable list of Isopoda from the 
Kerguelen area, and of these the following is an epitome giving 
their geographical range as at present known : — 
Apseudid^e. 
Apseudes antarctica , F. E. B., and 
A. spectabilis, Studer, 
are described from and as yet limited to Kerguelen. 
Tanaid^e. 
Tanais Willmoesii, F. E. B. Kerguelen. 
T. hirsutus, F. E. B. Crozets. 
Paratanais dimorphus, F. E. B., from Kerguelen. 
Sars ( Isopoda Norway , p. 16) restricts the genus Paratanais to 
include only the type-species P. elongatus, Dana, from the Sooloo Sea, 
and P. Batei , G. 0. Sars, from Norway and the Mediterranean. 
Leptognathia australis, F. E. B. 
A single specimen from Kerguelen is referred by Beddard to 
this northern genus. 
