76 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [CHAP. n. 



Lophohelia prolifera, PALLAS : among Echinoderms 

 some beautiful varieties of Echinus norvegicus, D. and 

 K., E. elegans, D. and K., OpMocten sericeum, FORBES, 

 and Ophiacantha spimilosa, M.and T., which seems to 

 be universal in deep water, and the curious little 

 crinoid ItMzocrinus loffoiensis, 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, LESKE, 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 

 examining both the temperature and the animal life 

 of still deeper waters, it was thought by him and 

 Captain May that, not with standing 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 re-fitting, 

 an operation which in some respects was sorely 

 needed, and restoring as far as possible the lost dredg- 



