Narrative oi- Bahama Expedition. 89. 



four supracalicene nematophores, two of which were exces- 

 sively elongated, is not far from the genus Difloplcron of All- 

 man, but may require a new genus for its accommodation. 

 Aglaophenia rhynchocarpa and .J. iophocarfa were accom- 

 panied by a probablv new species of Ai^/irop/icii/a. character- 

 ized by having the mesial nematophores long \\ith the distal 

 portion projected at a large angle from the anterior face of the 

 h\drotheca. Corbukv with eight perfectly free leaflets, each 

 bearing two rows of nematophores. The distal ends of the 

 leaflets from opposite sides meet each other above, rather 

 than alternating as in other species. A new JVeniatophonis 

 is remarkable for the possession of •• double barrelled " mesial 

 nematophores, w'hich are very long and project forward and 

 slightly downward. An apparently new Cladocarfms. is allied 

 to C dol/rliol/icca, from which it differs in having much shorter 

 and more closely approximated hydrotheca% in having the 

 gonangia in pairs instead of single, and in less jirofusely 

 branched phylactogonia. 



Too much cannot be said in praise of the manner in which 

 Captain Flowers handled his vessel while dredging. He 

 amply demonstrated the practicability of»working at consider- 

 able depths with a sail-vessel, and it was evident that w ith 

 sufficient iron rope we could have done successful work at a 

 depth of live hundred fathoms or over. The captain staid at 

 the wheel during the entire four days of our work on the 

 pentacrinus ground, and also stood his watch at night while 

 the vessel was standing off and on. in order to be on the 

 dredging ground early in the morning. Even his endurance, 

 however, was not suflicient for such a continued strain, and 

 on Eiiday exening, Ma\' 26th. we decided to return to Ha- 

 vana in order to get a rest. But this was easier said than done. 

 The wind held fair but close, until the •• Emily E. Johnson " 

 was right in the narrow^est part of the channel, when it sud- 

 denly drew around, blowing directly out of the harbor and in 

 our teeth, lliere was room neither to tack nor to bring the 

 vessel about, and tlie situation was decidedlv precarious. 

 Then it was tluit our captain showed his judgment and sea- 



