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animals were brought up in the wide-meshed otter-ti'awl, and 

 represent only a tithe or a hundredth part of the material 

 awaiting capture immediately outside the harbour ; and in the 

 near future I hope to have the opportunity of going over the 

 sandy banks here with a small-meshed dredge. 



The following is a list of the more interesting forms. It is 

 to be borne in mind that shells are mentioned only when they 

 contained the living animal : — 



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MOLLUSCA. 



Voluta pacifica : Three specimens. 

 Zizyphitms cunninghami : Quantities. 

 Struthiolaria 'papulosa : Three. 

 Astralium imperator : Four. 

 Pecten zealandica : Several. 

 Doris (a large violet species) : Seven. 



Crustacea. 



Acanthopteo-yx. 



Leptomithrax. 



Hermit crabs : Several. 



Pontophilus australis. 



Cassidina neo-zealanica. 



Lilljeborgia hasivelli. * 



Balanus porcatus. 



ECHINODBRMA. 



Astrogonium abnormale : Several. 



Gnathaster, sp. : One. 



Asterias, sp. (fine, scarlet). 



Asterina rcgiUaris : In abundance. 



Holothurian : A fine species, about 10 in. or 12 in. long. 



Annelida. 



Branchellion, on Baia, sp. 



Pontohdella. 



Phyllodocids. 



Nereids. 



Polynoids, &c. 



Also a number of sea-anemones, of which one was especi- 

 ally handsome — a large bright-red column, with white 

 tubercles in rows ; also a number of smaller anemones, 

 hydroids, and sponges, as well as compound Ascidiaus, which 

 I have not as yet attempted to identify. 



This is not a very great collection, nor widely representa- 

 tive, but it presents instances of bionomics that are of some 

 interest. 



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