166 NATURAL SCIENCE [September 
us very little satisfaction that summer, as the only specimens we 
obtained, which were not collected along shore at other times, were 
a small holothurian and a large spatangoid. The former was 
dredged off Port Henderson and proves to be an interesting and 
probably new species of Holothuria. The latter, Meoma, were 
dredged outside the reef at Drunkenman Cay, and were almost the 
only animals which the dredge brought up from the clear sandy 
bottom. In the lakes and in the slashes, very little animal life 
was brought to light, while in the harbour proper the dredge soon 
elogged with the enormous quantities of Toxopneustes. 
From Port Henderson we made collecting trips to different 
places, two of which are worthy of special mention. The first of 
these was on the last day of May, and had Montego Bay and the 
Bogue Islands as its objective point. Aside from the opportunity 
to see the central and western parts of Jamaica, this excursion 
proved something of a disappointment, To the east of the harbour 
at Montego Bay, the shore is rocky and offers very much the same 
collecting as that at Port Henderson, while the only new animal 
which the sandy beaches afforded was a large white Hippa. On 
some of the reefs and on an old pile of masonry near the middle of 
the harbour, a tubicolous annelid occurs which is very noticeable on 
account of the shape and bright colours of its tentacle-gills. There 
seem to be two of these, one coiled on each side in a spiral, 15-20 
mm. high, They were usually green, yellow, purple or red, but 
often these colours would be mingled with white, so that they were 
very handsome objects, resting apparently on the surface of the 
rock. If the rock was struck, however, they all disappeared as if 
by magic. The Bogue Islands lie a little distance to the west of 
Montego Bay, and as they are covered with mangroves, the sight of 
them arouses expectations of collecting like that in the Port Royal 
Lakes. But such hopes are soon shattered, for even a careful 
examination fails to show any superabundance of animal life. A 
large buff and brown Stichopus, the commonest species at Port 
Royal, is plentiful, and the same may be said of crabs, especially 
‘fiddlers,’ Two species of star-fish were found, and a very few 
Jasstoped. Man-of-war birds were very abundant and much tamer 
than near Kingston. The roots of the mangroves were in many 
places well covered with sea-weed, but the expected animal life was 
wanting. Surface towing in the evening brought to light nothing 
of interest. We spent one night at Montpelier, about ten miles 
inland from Montego Bay, and provided with an excellent hotel. 
An early morning ramble along a mountain brook introduced us to 
some interesting crustaceans and arachnoids. Small black crabs, 
the females of which were carrying eggs, were common among 
the stones, but like the shrimps, which were abundant in the 
