112 WHITEAVES ON MARINE INVERTEBRATA, ETC, 
STATIONS. Quepx CHARLOTTE Sound. (Continued.) 
No. 13.—Cullen Harbour, Broughton Island, Fife Sound, in four to eight fathoms, sand and mud. 
14.—Alert Bay, on the west coast of Cormorant Island, and nearly opposite the mouth of the Nimpkish 
River, Vancouver Island, in Broughton Strait, in ten fathoms, sand and mud. 
15.—Between Alert Bay and the mouth of the Nimpkish River, Vancouyer Island, in ten to twenty fathoms, 
gravel. 
16.—Near Suquash, off Pulteney Point, Malcolm Island, Broughton Strait, in twenty-five fathoms, sand, 
gravel and dead shells. 
17.—Off False Head, Vancouver Island, in thirty fathoms, sand, gravel and dead shells. 
18.—Off Blunden Harbour, mainland of British Columbia, in six to ten fathoms, sand. 
QUATSINO SOUND, NORTH-WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. 
19.—Quatsino Sound, off Entrance Island, in from thirty to fifty fathoms, mud and sand. 
20.—Forward Inlet, Quatsino Sound, in ten to twenty fathoms, mud. 
Owing to the systematic way in which the collections were made, the series of 
marine invertebrata now reported upon is by far the most extensive and important that 
has yet been made by any of the exploring parties of the Survey. The crustacea, with the 
exception of the minute and for the most part larval forms collected in the towing net, 
have been kindly examined by Prof. 8. J. Smith, of Yale College, who will report on them 
separately. The sponges, hydroids (with one exception), polyzoa, and worms, have not 
yet been studied. Including the foraminifera, the number of species that have been iden- 
tified so far is approximately as follows :— 
No. or SPECIES. 
ROrAMINIHOra seren- COON AS DSbmagpo ob Ube Wudos6.cocnc.co0Ru000 19 
Ish {obo sl:touogopcpaboDEObocD.code rence 5000008 nova 1 
IAMIEDOZOR Re ene ares nine modes eee rec 2 
Hchinodernmataimemmecie Deccste bien eee miser 1055 
“Parc es teas ses teens succession eee lerofe benatestavalte 1 
Brachiopod =... .sse+r cece veseuece se cniease eseces cose e 4 
amellibranchiatas 2.0... aoe oon nc ocodn SombaAde meosse 54 
Gasteropodas creer eee Crete ECC CC 88 
Cephalopoda...... ....... serene Meme 1 
TO TAT = M ee des seleeetelsislses senc CL LE Tee 185 . 
At station No. 7, the sand which came up in the dredge, when washed and examined 
under the microscope, was found to be unusually rich in diatomaceæ. Among these, 
connected frustules of Himantidium, Tabellaria and Grammatophora marina are frequent, 
associated with separate frustules of Arachnoidiscus Ehrenbergii (rare), Amphitetras antedilu- 
viana, and of species belonging to the genera Amphora, Campylodiscus, Coscinodiscus, Frag'ilaria, 
Gyrosigma, Licmophora, Navicula, Podosphenia, Surirella and Triceratium. 
Samples of the sand, mud, etc., dredged from the bottom at ten of these stations were 
saved to be examined for foraminifera. The species from the Vancouver district do not 
appear to have previously been studied by any naturalist, and the present list of the, 
foraminifera of that region, though making no pretence to completeness, 1s believed to be 
the first that has yet been published. The largest and most conspicuous form is the 
Rhabdammina abyssorum of M. Sars, which was taken abundantly at three of the stations. 
