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mentioned; and the difference between the molluscan 
fauna of the cold and that of the warm area was not 
by any means so great as that shown in other groups. 
One of the most interesting types which we met with 
was Terebratula septata, PHILIPPI= T. septigera, 
Lovin, a brachiopod found living at Station 65 in 
the Shetland Channel, at a depth of 345 fathoms, 
and a bottom-temperature of —1°1C. A variety of 
this species, from the Pliocene beds of Messina, has 
been described and figured by Professor Seguenza 
under the name of Waldheimia peloritana; and it is 
clearly the same as the Waldheimia floridana, found 
in the Gulf of Mexico by De Pourtales, which our 
own numerous specimens so considerably exceed in 
size as to show that its more congenial home is in 
frigid water. 
Only a small number of Fishes were procured, but 
their scarcity may probably have been due to the 
unsuitableness of the dredge as a means for their 
capture. The few species taken were placed in the 
hands of Mr. Couch of Polperro by Mr. Loughrin, 
and were examined by him after our return. The list 
includes a new generic form intermediate between 
Chimera and Macrourus, which was brought up from 
a depth of 540 fathoms in the cold area; a new species 
of a genus allied to Zeus ; a new Gadus approaching 
the common Whiting; a new species of Ophidion ; 
a species of a new genus near Cyclopterus ; Blennius 
fasciatus, BLocu, new to Britain; Ammodytes siculus ; 
a fine new Serranus ; and a new Syngnathus. 
Death put an end to the labours of the veteran 
Cornish naturalist while he was preparing descrip- 
tions and figures of our new species. He died full of 
