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STATION XVIII. South-west part of Palk Bay, off Rameswaram Island and Adam's 

 Bridge ; 7 to 9 miles off shore ; bottom fine soft bluish-grey mud containing casts 

 of various Molluscan shells ; depth 7 to 8 fathoms. 



Penoms monodon, Parapenceus mogiensis, Leucifer typus. 



STATION XX. North part of Back Bay, Trincomalee ; depth 11 to 13 fathoms; 

 bottom hard. 



Parapenwus anchoraUs, Pcirapenceus dalei, Parapenceus acclivis, Sicyonia sculpta. 



STATION XXXV. Entrance to Galle Harbour ; depth 4 to 7 fathoms ; bottom 

 coarse sand. 



Nauticaris unirecedens, Nauticaris grandirostris, &gcon cataphractus, Scyllarus 

 tuhercidatus. 



STATION XXXVI. Galle Harbour, off Gibbet Island ; depth 2 to 4 fathoms ; 

 bottom fine sand and mud. 



Parapenceus dalei, Leucifer typus, Acetes indieus, Caradina vitiensis, Nauticaris 

 futilirostris. 



STATIONS XXXIX. to XLIL Deep water off Galle ; depth up to 100-fathom line ; 

 bottom sand, shells, nullipores. 



Parapenceus dalei, Parapenceus mogiensis, Parapenceus acclivis, Parapenceus 

 gallensis, Synalpheus laticeps, Synalpheus bkmguiculatus, Synalpheus carinatus, 

 Alpheus Icevis. 



STATION XLIII. Six miles west of Kaltura ; depth 22 fathoms ; bottom hard sand 

 and nullipores. 



Parapenceus anchoraUs, Philonicus pectinatus. 



STATIONS XLVII. to XLIX. Cheval Paar ; depth 6^ to 13 fathoms ; bottom sand, 

 nullipores and dead shells. 



Penceus indieus, Parapenwus anchoraUs, Leucifer typus, Periclimenes vitiensis, 

 Periclimenes dance, Conchodytes meleagrince, Anchistus inermis, Alpheus plirygianus, 

 Alpheus paraculeipes, Alpheus miersi, Alpheus spongiarum, Alpheus bis-incisus, var. 

 malensis, Synalpheus gravieri, Synalpheus comatidorum, Athanas nitescens, Athanas 

 orientalis, Processa canalicidata, Callianassa rotundicaudata. 



STATION LIIL Ten to twelve miles north of Cheval Paar, and 12 miles west of 

 Vankali Church ; depth 7^ to 9 fathoms ; bottom muddy sand with dead shells. 

 Latreutes ceylonensis. 



STATION LIV. South of Adam's Bridge ; depth 4 to 40 fathoms ; bottom varied, 

 from sand to living coral. 



Conchodytes meleagrince, Alpheus par eucheir us, Upogebia intermedia. 



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