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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 [X. is one in February. ‘The number of records of 
Parathemisto for 1894 is twenty, twelve of which 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 [X. 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 :— 
Tasie VI., showing the Distribution of Parathemisto, as indicated by 
the Tow-net Records for the Years, Months, and Stations. 
5 
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