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Linckia pacifica, var. diplax. Also off Tongatabu. 

 Acanthaster echinites. Also off Zebu, Philippine Islands. 

 Mithrodia clavigera. 

 Asterias (Stolasterias) gemmifera. 



Station 181. In the Coral Sea, south-east of New Guinea. August 25, 1874. Lat. 

 13° 50' 0" S., long. 151° 49' 0" E. Depth 2440 fathoms. Red clay. Bottom 

 temperature 35°*8 Fahr. ; surface temperature 80 o, Fahr. 

 Freyella remex. 



Station 184. Off Torres Strait, Pacific side. August 29, 1874. Lat. 12° 8' 0" S., 

 long. 145° 10' 0" E. Depth 1400 fathoms. Globigerina ooze. Bottom tem- 

 perature 36°"0 Fahr. ; surface temperature 77° - 5 Fahr. 

 Freyella dimorplia. 



Station 186. In Torres Strait, off Cape York. September 8, 1874. Lat. 10° 30' 0" 

 S., long. 142° 18' 0" E. Depth 8 fathoms. Coral mud. Surface tempera- 

 ture 77°-2 Fahr. 



Astropecten zebra. 



Stellaster meet. Also at Stations 187, 188, and 208. 



Nepanthia brevis. 



Ophidiaster tuberifer. 



Metrodira subulata. 



Station 187. In Torres Strait. September 9, 1874. Lat. 10° 36' 0" S., long. 141° 

 55' 0" E. Depth 6 fathoms. Coral mud. Surface temperature 77°'7 Fahr. 

 Astropecten zebra, var. rosea. 

 Luidia forficifera. Also at Station 188. 

 Stellaster incei. Also at Stations 186, 188, and 208. 

 Stellaster princeps. 

 Anthenea tuberculosa. 

 Pentaceros turritus. Also off Samboangan and off Zebu, Philippine 



Islands; and at Stations 188 and 212. 

 Pentaceros callimorphus. 

 Oph idiaste r lielicostichus. 

 Retaster insignis. Also at Station 189. 



Torres Strait. Exact position and conditions not recorded. 

 Anthenea tuberculosa, juv. 



