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Melita obtusata, Mmra rubromaculata, and other Amphipods, some Pagurids, and 

 some Peneids ; 



Murex tenuispina, Terebra sp., and some Lamellibranchs. 



STATION XLIV. Five miles north-west of last station ; depth 30 fathoms ; 

 bottom fine sand and worn fragments of Coral ; dredged. 



Hydroids Halicomaria setosa, and H. saccaria, Lytocarpus (? n. sp.), Monostachys 

 dichotoma, Idia pristina, Sertularia distans, Sertularella sp. , Halecium sp., and 

 others ; 



Stellaster sp., Linckia diplax, small Temnopleurids, Clypeaster humilis; 



Clceosiphon aspergillnm, Peetinaria sp., Sabellaria bicornis, and some worm tubes ; 



Caprellids, CaJappa sp., Portunids and other Crabs; 



Philine sp., Murex tenuispina and many other Gastropods ; 



Molgula sp. 



STATION XLV. Four miles West of Pantura (or Panadure) ; depth -J5 fathoms ; 

 bottom sand, shells and dead Corals ; dredged. 



Various Corals ; Gorgonia, and Melitodes ; 



Astropecten sp., Ophiothrix aspidota and other Ophiuroids ; 



Hyalinceeia sp. (many), Thalenessa im-thurni, n. sp. (Hornell), Iphione muricata, 

 Lepidasthenia Julvovittata, Eunice sp., Stylarioides iris, Cirratulus sp., Serpula 

 nctinoceros, and some worm-tubes ; 



Various Crabs (not yet determined) ; 



Strombus succinctus, Mullens vulgaris, and a few other Molluscs : 



Molgula sp. 



STATION XLVL From oft' Mount Lavinia northwards to off Colombo, from 7 to 12 

 miles oft' shore ; depth 25 to 30 fathoms ; bottom Nullipore balls (Lithothamnion 

 fruticulosum), Coral fragments, and some Orbitolites sand ; five hauls of the 

 dredge. 



Orbitolites eomplanata, Alveolina boscii ; 



Rhizoehalina Jistulosa, Tethya sp., and other sponges ; 



Hydroids Sertularia distans, Sertularella, sp., Halecium sp., Monostachys 

 dichotoma, Idia pristina, Halicomaria setosa, Lytocarpus (? n. sp.) ; 



Chondractinia sp., and some sand-encrusted Anemones, Chironephthya variabilis 

 (splendid arborescent colony having the axis and main branches white, and the twigs 

 crimson lake), Solenocaulon tortuosum, Juneella juncea, Scirpearclla sp., and other 

 Gorgonacea (many), small species of Fungia, and other solitary Corals ; 



Actinometra sp. (dark coloured, on the dark twigs of Chironephthya) , Actinometra 

 sp. (large, orange coloured), Antedon sp. (small), Phyllaeanthus baculosa (many 

 large), various Ophiuroids, Laganum depressum, Clypeaster humilis ; 



Nemertine (red), Trophonia sp., Polynoids, Serpula actinoceros, Eunice sp. ; 



Polyzoa (many, including Retepora sp., Cellepora, Schizopvrella. Adeona, Gemelli- 



