672 THE VOYAGE OF II. M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Station 299. Off the western coast of South America, between Valparaiso and the 

 Island of Juan Fernandez. December 14, 1875. Lat. 33° 31' 0" S., long. 

 74°43'0"W. Depth 21 GO fathoms. Blue mud. Bottom temperature 35 0, 2 

 Fahr. ; surface temperature 62° "0 Fahr. 

 Hijphalaster diadematus. 

 Marsipaster hirsutus. 



Station 300. Off the coast of South America, between the Island of Juan Fernandez 

 and Valparaiso. December 17, 1875. Lat. 33° 42' 0" S., long. 78° 18' 0" W. 

 Depth 1375 fathoms. Globigeriua ooze. Bottom temperature 35° - 5 Fahr. ; 

 surface temperature 62°'5 Fahr. 



Dytaster exilis. 



Hymenaster vicarius. 



Hymenaster porosissimus. 



Station 303. Off the western coast of South America, off the Chonos Archipelago. 

 December 30, 1875. Lat. 45° 31' 0" S., long. 78° 9' 0" W. Depth 1325 

 fathoms. Blue mud. Bottom temperature 36 o, Fahr. ; surface temperature 

 5 4° -8 Fahr. 



Ctenodiscus procurator. Also at Stations 306, 307, 309, and 311. 



Mimaster cognatus. Also at Station 311. 



Lophaster stellans. Also at Stations 308 and 309. 



Station 304. South of Port Otway, Gulf of Penas. December 31, 1875. Lat. 46° 

 53' 15" S., long. 75° 12' 0" \V. Depth 45 fathoms. Green sand. Surface 

 temperature 57°*2 Fahr. 



Porania magellanica. 

 Peribolaster folliculatus. 

 Astcrias (Cosmastcrias) tomidata. 



Station 306. In the Messier Channel, between Wellington Island and the west coast of 

 Chili. January 2, 1876. Lat. 48° 17' 0" S., long. 74° 33' 0" W. Depth 

 565 fathoms. Blue mud." Surface temperature 57° "0 Fahr. 



Ctenodiscus procurator. Also at Stations 303, 307, 309, and 311. 



Station 306a. In the Messier Channel, between Wellington Island and the west coast of 

 Chili. January 2, 1876. Lat. 48° 27' 0" S., long. 74° 30' 0" W. Depth 

 345 fathoms. Blue mud. Bottom temperature 46° - Fahr. ; surface tempera- 

 ture 57° -5 Fahr. 



Astcrias {Cosmastcrias) sulcifera. 



