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four supracalicene nematophores, two of which were exces- 

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

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

 Aglaophoiia rhynchocarpa and A. lophocarpa were accom- 

 panied by a probably new species of Aglaophcnia. character- 

 ized by having the mesial nematophores long with the distal 

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

 h\drotheca. Corbuku 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 jVeniaiopJionis 

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

 nematophores, which are verv long and project forward and 

 slightly downward. x*\n apparently new Cladocarpiis is allied 

 to C dolichothcca. from which it differs in having much shorter 

 and more closelv approximated hydrotheca\ in having the 

 gonangia in pairs instead of single, and in less profusely 

 branched ph^'lactogonia. 



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 wlas evident that with 

 sufficient iron rope we could have done successful work at a 

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

 the wheel durinij the entire four davs 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 sufficient for such a continued strain, and 

 on Fridav evening, May 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 narrowest part of the channel, when it sud- 

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

 our teeth. There was room neither to tack nor to bring the 

 vessel about, and the situation was decidedly precarious. 

 Then it w as that our captain showed his judgment and sea- 



