4(!4 M.ii.vTK't^ss rri:K*or(U>s anp hi rruMtiM^ns — nuK. 



habitat. At (lit'iljiiin: station L'TTtl fluMf was also taKtMi oiu» small 

 brokoti (\irintn-io slioll. 1>(\vom(1 tlu»si> two colhvtinji" points oast tVoni 

 tho Wost India islands, no hotoropod sliolls arc r»>coi'dcd until station 

 L'7(i(> was r»\u'1u>d \^stM' tlu> lornitM' scclion ot" this icport. "'rhrrosoiua- 

 tons PttM'opoda." p. -it!^, wliilo tlio Atlniifd sluMIs dr(<d>iod in tlu> oo/.o at 

 this latter point arc nunh sniallor than (ho sprcinjcns ot' the sanu> 

 spoi'ios taken lartluM' nori h at station '_'7.M as jnst (h'strihod. NontM)!' 

 tho Atldiitiv wore ali\o. One shiividcd sp»>(inuMi ot' a Curiuiuiit. liow 

 o\or, is i-(>port«Ml tVoin station 'JTol, I an\ nnablr satisfactorily to dr 

 toiininc its (»rii:in. bni tVoni aitpcaranrcs i'»uudnd<' that it may liaxo 

 Slink to tho b(>tt(»m alroatiy doad and thoi'o liaxo boon takon with tho 

 dreduo. \\ any ratt> it boars littU> rtvsonddaiiot> to a sp<>oinuMi takon 

 ali\o at tho snrt'aoo and is so distortod as to liido its spo('itio distino 

 tiiui. 



All tho other inatovial iVom this m'oup ot' mollnsos was takon alixo 

 at tht> surl'aoo oolltMtions as hor(Mot'«n(> looatod. 



I roiirot very uun-h not liavinj:" had opportnnitios of idontityiii<i" all 

 tho s]>ooios of thoso snrfai'o ooUootions. A larui* spooimon of Corinaritt 

 was takon at snrfaoo stati(»n '_M, tho spooios ot' wliioli 1 do not know. 

 Its body is r).Sr> oontiniotors in loniith. is rathor moro sltMulor than (d- 

 riiunid mcditorattm. 'Vhc ]»art of tho l>ody anterior to the pronunent 

 oyes is markedly bent MMitralw ards; ilu> nnolons. sitnated direetly 

 opposite the \'oo\, or tin. is lon^ and oyliinlrioal and stands vertioally 

 np from the snrfaoo o\' the body to a ooniparatix oly ^roat hoiuht. No 

 shell was i>rosent aooompanyinu tho spooimon. riu> posterior part of 

 the body extends bt'hind tlu> nnolons and foot about one tlnrd tholoniith 

 of the animal: the I'yos. also, are sitnated abont ont'third \\\c lonuth 

 of the aninnil baok from the month end. 



The remaining' matiaial o\' t he ooUot't ions consist s of ( i ast ropt»ds of t he 

 U'onns I(fnthi>u(, which wore thns distribnted at tho t'ollowim;' points: 

 -Vt snrt'aoo stati(Mi 7. twoyonnu' specimens of an Iiiiithinii, the species 

 of which conhl not bo yt't dotornunod acenrattdy booanse of their iin 

 matnre state; at snrt'aoo station S, throt' specimens ot'an Idiitliiiia, two 

 ot" which are of the spi'cios (ih>h(ts<i. I think, and the «>ther nndeter- 

 minod; they are all rather small spot-imons. At snrfaoo station IS were 

 takon tonr laruo spt>cimons {)f Umthhut (ilohosa [ ?) and t>ne larue repro 

 sentative of tho species co)inniuiis . linally, at snrfaoo station L'l, there 

 was tjjken another spinimon of the speeies just mentioned as undeter- 

 mined. 



It will be readily seen that the !ai\thinida' taken in this exjjedition 

 of the Albatross all etune from regions within a few dejiroos of tho 

 eipuitor, and are iH»t markedly distinct fr(»m each other, althou,iih sej) 

 arated by tlu' South .Vmorican oontinent. Prof. A, \\. \'(>rrill, of Yale 

 l^nivcrsity, did uie \\\o jiieat kindness to i;'o over thoso spoi'inuMis and 

 to compare them with the lanthinida' in tlu> museum of that institution. 

 From such a ci»m)>arison, nu>rei>ver. it was impossible to ji'ive the spe 



