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The 11th haul was upon the Anaivelundan Paar where some of the elephant's-ear 

 coral {Turbinaria dnerascens and T. crater) from which the paar gets its name was 

 brought up. The two final hauls were a little south of this on sand and dead shells, 

 and then we ran for the south end of the Cheval Paar where the barques were 

 then at anchor. 



STATION LIV. In northern part of Gulf of Manaar, south of Adam's Bridge; 

 depths from 4 to 40 fathoms ; bottom varied, from sand to living Coral over 

 20 hauls of the dredge during two days. 



Nullipores, Halimeda, Corallina and other Algfe ; 



Orbitolites comp)lanatus, Heterostegina depressa, Ampliistegina lessonii and other 

 Foraminifera ; 



Petrosia testudinaria, Hcdisarca sp. (black), and other Sponges ; 



Pennatulids, various dendritic Alcyonaria, Sclerophytum gardineri, and Lobophytum 

 hcdleyi (?), Sphenopus marsupialis, Fungia crassitentaculata, Goniopora sp., 

 Pachyseris sp., Pocillopora grandis, Turbinaria cinerascens and T. crater, Porites 

 arenosa, Cceloria sinensis, and other Corals ; 



Hydroids Plumidaria setacea, Monostachys dichotoma, Pasithea hexodon, Sertu- 

 laria (? n. sjj.); 



Phyllacanthus bactdosa, Linckia biforis, Astropecten hemprichii, Pentaccros lincJci 

 and P. nodosus, Actinometra parvicirra, and Antedon palmata, Holothuria atra, 

 IT. kurti, II. monacaria, Colochirus doliolum, Col. quadrangularis and the new variety 

 mollis, Havelockia hcrdmani, n. gen. et sp. (Pearson) and many Ophiuroids ; 



Worm tubes (Serpula, Sabella, Sec), Physcosoma asser, Panthalis melanonotus, 

 Tlwlepus sp., Terebella sp., Nothria sp., Lingula; 



Polyzoa many, belonging to the genera Crisia, Buskia, Amathia, ^Etea, 

 Alcyonidium, Cellepora, Cellaria, and Porella; 



Lambrus sp., Dromia sp., Pinnotheres sp., Leucosia urania, and other Crabs ; 



Pearl oysters (very few scattered), and Modiola (in gelatinous nests), Nudi- 

 branchs, Ranella albivaricosa, Triton sp., Pleurotoma crispa, Turritella mactdata, 

 2\ Candida and another sp., Nassa rufula, N. micans and Dolabella sp. ; 



Leptoelinum (several spp.); Asymmetron cingalense ; Syngnathid with dendritic 

 filaments. 



Tow-Net gatherings taken both on the surface and at 12 fathoms, on March 7th, 

 showed vast quantities of diatoms chiefly Biddulphia with some Ceratium tripos 

 and some small Radiolaria ; also Irichodesmium erythrceum, Sagitta and over 

 20 species of Copepoda, including : 



Paracalanus crassirostris, Centropages furcatus, Calanopia elliptica, Labidocera 

 minuta, Ectiaosoma atlanticum and E. roseum, Oithona similis, O. plumifera and 

 0. rigida, Corycaus obtnsus and Euterpe gracilis. 



