igoy.] Records of the Indian Museum. 3 



Fish. 



Cynoglossus carpenteri . . (Seven specimens of this Sole. 



They were distinctly bathy- 

 bial in appearance, being of a 

 very dark sepia colour and of 

 a flabby consistency). 



Crustacea. 



Paraliaalcocki .. (Over fifty specimens, including 



two giant males). 



Many specimens of the Molluscs Rostellaria delicahda and 

 Pirula investigatoris. These specimens are generally found to- 

 gether and have been met with several times in the Bay of Bengal 

 and off the West Coast of India, always from about the 200-fathom 

 line. 



A small Eunicid in a sandy tube was also obtained. 



STATION No. 357. 



Depth 555 fathoms. Ivat. 16° 51' 00" N. Long. 54° 55' 00" B. 

 Bottom temperature 48*5° F. Surface temperature 78° F. Bot- 

 tom, finely divided greenish mud. 



Fish. 



Lamprogrammus fragilis . . (One specimen). 



Bathygadus furvescens . . (One specimen), 



Crustacea. 



Nephropsis stewartii . . (One specimen). 



Aristeus crassipes .. (Three specimens). 



Sergestes bisulcatus . . ,One specimen). 



Lyreideus channeri . . (One specimen). 



Besides these species the following Polychsetes were obtained : — 

 two large specimens of Hyalinoecia tubicola, the tubes of which were 

 about 10 inches in length, and an interesting genus which comes 

 under the group Sigalionima and is perhaps Thalanessa. Its most 

 remarkable features are a pair of large pink eyes and a median 

 tentacle on the extensible proboscis. Also two small blood-red 

 Polynoids, which were embedded in the outer skin of an Elasipod 

 Holothurian. Also several large Dentalia, probably D. magnificum ; 

 the empty shells of a species of Cryptodon ; a species of Phormosoma, 

 and a Pennatulid with a quadrangular rachis bearing polyps on 

 one side only. 



STATION No. 358. 



Depth 585 fathoms. Lat. 15° 55' 30" N. Long. 52° 38' 30" E. 

 Bottom temperature 47' 5° F. Surface temperature 77° F. Bottom, 

 green sandy mud. 



