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STATION IV. Opposite Karkopani, from 1 to 3 miles off-shore; depth 6 to 9 

 fathoms; bottom coarse yellow saud with dead shells, nullipores and corals; 

 temperature of sea (7 a.m.), 77 "8 F. ; specific gravity, 1'023. Several hauls of 

 dredge. 



Orbit olites complanata and Tlcterosicijina depressa (forming a good deal of the 

 sand) ; 



Axinella donnani, Acanthella carteri, and a black leathery sponge ; 



Solenocaulon sp., Sarcoph ytum ehrenbergi, Goniastrcea sp. (green), Turbinaria 

 cinerascens, Heteropsammia michelini (with Gephyreans) ; 



Luidea maculata, Asterina cepheus, Astropecten hemprichii, Echinus sp. (small, 

 flat), Echinolampas oviformis, Maretia planulata, C/ypeaster humilis, Love n ia 

 elongata, Thymic fusus, var. papuensis (two), Holothuria atra; 



Gephyreans (yellowish, burrowing in pearl oyster shell), Cirratulids (deep red), 

 Sabellaria bicornis, Serpulids (on pearl oysters), Trophonia sp. (?), and Polyzoa ; 



Caprellids, Pagurids, Portunids, Galappa sp. and other crabs ; 



Acanthochites penicillatus, and, in addition to pearl oysters, molluscs belonging to 

 the following genera : Avicula, Solen, Pecten, Mactra, Cardium, Area, Pectunculus, 

 Strombus (S. succinctus), CyprcBa, Conus, Terebra; 



Branchiostoma belcheri, Asymmetron cingalense, and a Solenette (Cynoglossus sp. ?). 



STATION V. On both edges of upper end of Chilaw Paar, from 5 to 10 miles oft* 

 shore; depth, 9 to 11 fathoms and upwards; bottom coarse yellow sand, with 

 many Orbitolites and Heterostegina inside the paar, outside broken coral, 

 Halimeda and Nullipores ; temperature of sea (2 p.m.), 79 F. ; specific gravity 

 1*023. One haul of trawl and several of dredge. 



Tetractinellid sponges, Siphonochalina sp., Acanthella carteri, Dictyocylindrus 

 (scarlet, massive), Pachychalina multiformis var. manaarensis, Madrepora (two 

 species), Pocillopora sp., Turbinaria cinerascens, Plexaura indica; 



Pentaceros lincki and a white Spatangoid ; 



Pectinaria sp., Euphrosyne sp., Polynoe (spiny) ; Polyzoa (various) ; 



Melita, obtusata, Elasmopus subcarinatus, Leucothoe spinicarpa and another (? n. 

 sp.), some interesting new Caprellids, Galathea elegans and some other Decapods ; 



Pectunculus sp., Pinna bicolor, and many young pearl oysters; Leptoclinum sp. 



The Tow-net gatherings during the day (February 2) contained Sagitta, Appen- 

 dicularia, Nauplei, Plutei, Larval Polychaetes, the veliger stage of Mollusca, eighteen 

 species of Copepoda and the conspicuous blue Centropages violaceus. 



Having now obtained what we considered fair samples of the bottom, and of the 

 animals associated with the pearl oysters, on the paars off Chilaw, and of the ground 

 between the paars, we steamed for some distance north along the shores of Kalpentyn 

 Island, and anchored for the night about 1 mile off " St. Anna's Church," near the 

 Etaly ferry across Putlam Lake (one of the succession of great inland seas, " gobbs" 



