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PROCEEDINGS OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 
since been done in the way of describing new species in this 
division of the animal kingdom especially in North America and 
in connection with the Voyage of the “ Blake” and other 
national vessels in the West Indies that I think it likely that 
most of our new species are new no longer to science and 
nomenclature. Still in presenting some notes on the Gulf of 
Paria I will name such species of Crustacea and echinodermata 
as ha\e occuned to me and of which I have been able to identify 
the names, leaving it for future observations to complete correct 
and revise the list 
In the fiist place I will begin these notes by a hasty glance 
at some of the physical conditions of the Gulf. 
The Gulf of Paria lies in a depression caused by subsidence 
t e long a^is of which runs approximately E.N.E. and W.N.W. 
extreme length of this basin is about 100 miles and its 
p esent depth below sea level nowhere exceeds 20 fathoms (except 
near the Bocas) and is generally from 10 to 15 fathoms, The 
GC ^ SU ^ ei ^ c ^ area ma y af * a rough approximation be stated 
a ' , 00 square miles. Were this basin laid dry it would appear 
. P^n of mud nowhere rising into a perceptible elevation 
or hillock except in a few spots near the existing shores. Else- 
escnbe some characteristics of these shores; but I 
now state that with the exception above mentioned the 
deepest water close off shore is to be found at Fointapier. 
withl] 10 p° Ca , S a,C nan ' 0W channels connecting the Gulf of Paria 
as TheSe ChMUels have had their origin 
Scientific ^ocTtbr'Vs^Tlog ^ 
m e’ie i ^ ** (Boca de Monos) is hardy half a 
about the same. The GiLd^'T™* ShlPS ^ ^ US6 ^ 
widths mav h* + i ' 0ca ls a ^ out six miles wide. These 
Parts The ra 7] ^ '° be ° lear widths in the narrowest 
rap ld currents through these channels have kept 
