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weather, off Valentia and between Valentia and 

 Galway, at depths varying from 80 to 808 fathoms 

 (Station 2), with a temperature at the latter depth of 

 5-2 0. The general character of the fauna was that 

 which we have hitherto been in the habit of regarding 

 as Northern. Several interesting things were met 

 with Nucula tumidula, MALM.; Ledafrigida^QKELL-, 

 Verticordia abyssicola, JEFFREYS ; and Siplionodenta- 

 lium quinquangulare, EORBES. Among the echino- 

 derms a multitude of the large form of Echinus norve- 



FiG. 8. Gonoplax rkomboides, FABKICIUS. Young. Twice the natural si/v. (Xo. 3.) 



gicus, D. and K., which I am now inclined to regard, 

 along with several of its allies, as a mere variety of 

 E. flemingii, BALL ; and the fine asterid already 

 mentioned, Brisinga corona fa, G. O. SAKS. Some 

 interesting crustaceans, including Gonoplax rliom- 

 boides, PAB. (Pig. 8), a well-known Mediterranean 

 species, and a young specimen of Genjon tridens, 

 KROYER (Fig. 9), a rare Scandinavian form, and the 

 only known North European brachyurous crustacean 



