Material Examined

Victoria University, Zoology Department, Cook Strait Collections

—/4/41. East side of Palliser Bay, 30 fms. from stomachs of groper, Polyprion sp. and ling, Genypterus blacodes (Bloch & Schn.) Coll. Pawley brothers—25 ♂♂ 18–29 mm, 22 ♀♀ 14–32 mm.

Coll. VUZ 83 (Station JUG) as given above—1 ♂ 27 mm.

VUZ 100 (Station FOJ) as given above—1 ♀ 20 mm.

Dominion Museum Collections

6/6/42. Cook Strait, Middle Ground, 60 fms. gut contents of single groper P. oxygeneios (Bloch & Schn.), Coll. C. Kaberry, Marine Dept. Wellington—23 ♂♂ 21–28 mm, 8 ♀♀ 21–25 mm.