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there are no lists of tow-net fauna, and this no doubt accounts to a 
considerable extent for the records for that year being so few in number. 
Among the records for 1889 there is one for Station I. in January and 
another for Station IV.; for Station V. the records are, one in January 
and two in February, and one also for Station VIII. in January, and for 
Station IX. in January and November. 
In 1890 there are comparatively few records. Parathemisto was 
scarce in the surface and bottom tow-nets. For Station III. in April (in 
the surface tow-net), and at Station I. in May, it was rare ; in the surface 
net for Station IV. in December; at Station V. it was obtained in April, 
November, and December. The December record includes both the sur- 
face and bottom tow-net gatherings. There are also the following records 
for Station VIII.—viz., two in April and December (surface and bottom 
tow-nets), and one in May and in August (bottom tow-net only). There 
are two records for Station IX., one in April and one in August, 
In 1891 the records of Parathemisto are much more frequent than in 
the two preceding years. There are twelve records for Station I., one in 
January, two in February, March, and April, one in May, June, and 
October, and two in November. There are also twelve records for 
Station ITI., one in January, February, and April, two in May, one in 
June, August, and October, and two in November and December. There 
are ten records for Station [V., two in January, February, and March, 
one in April, two in May, and one in June. There are ten records for 
Station V., two in February and March, one in April and May, and two 
in November and December. The records for Station VIII. are two in 
February, one in June, and two in November; while those for Station IX. 
are two in February, and one in April, May, and November—the total 
number of records for 1891 being fifty-four. 
The records of Parathemisto for 1892 include the following, viz. :—Two 
for Station I. (surface and bottom tow-nets) in January, February, and 
March, and one in April for the bottom tow-net, and in November and 
December for the surface tow-net. The records for Station III. are 
two in January, February, and March, and one in October, November, and 
December. For Station IV. there are two records for January, February, 
aud March, and one for April, November, and December. For Station 
V. there is one in January and February, two in March, April, and October, 
and one in November and December. The records for Station VIII. are 
two in January, February, and March, one in May, June, July, and 
October, and two in December ; and for Station IX. there are two records 
in July, February, and March, one in April, May, July, and October, and 
two in December. Altogether there are sixty records of Parathemisto for 
1892, and over fifty of them occur in the first three and last three months 
of the year. It may also be noted that the records for Stations I., IIL, 
and IV. describe the species as common in the surface tow-nets in 
January or February, while the records for Stations VIII. and IX. 
describe it as common in the bottom tow-nets in January. 
In 1893 the records of Parathemisto are much fewer in number than for 
the previous year. Those for Station I. are two in January and one in 
April, October, and November. For Station III. there is one in January, 
February, and October, and two in December. The December records 
describe Parathemisto as frequent in the surface and common in the 
bottom tow-net. For Station IV. there is one record in January, 
February, April, and May, two in October, and one in November. For 
Station V. there is one in February and June, and two in October and 
December. For Station VIII. there is one in January, April, May, and 
October, and two in December; while for Station IX, there is one in 
