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mon miilleri, Sars, and the fine branching coral, 
Lophohelia prolifera, PAuLas: among Echinoderms 
some beautiful varieties of Hehinus norvegicus, D. and 
K,, L. elegans, D. and K., Ophiocten sericeum, ForBEs, 
and Ophiacantha spinulosa, M. and T., which seems 
to be universal in deep water, and the curious little 
erinoid Rhizocrinus loffotensis, SARS, which will be 
described hereafter: some remarkable crustaceans, 
including as one of the most prominent a scarlet 
Munida with remarkably large brilliant eyes, of the 
colour and lustre of burnished copper. 
We now proceeded towards Stornoway, which we 
reached on the 9th of September, dredging on our 
way in shallowing water, and still meeting with in- 
teresting things such as Antedon celticus, BARRETT, 
collected previously by Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys on the 
coast of Ross-shire; abundance of ‘ the piper,’ Cidaris 
papillata, Lesk®, until lately one of the prizes of the 
British collector, now known to be perhaps the most 
abundant of the larger living forms at depths from 
250 to 500 fathoms in the British seas. 
The weather now looked more promising. I was 
unfortunately obliged to return to my duties in 
Dublin; but as the results already obtained led Dr. 
Carpenter strongly to desire an opportunity of ex- 
amining both the temperature and the animal life 
of still deeper waters, it was thought by him and 
Captain May that, notwithstanding the lateness of the 
season, it would be worth while to venture another 
short cruise in a westerly direction, where it was 
known from previous soundings that the depth was 
beyond 1,000 fathoms. Accordingly, after refitting, 
an operation which in some respects was sorely 
