PRELIMINARY REPORT. 93 
Oct. 5. Off Point Venus, Tahiti. At 350 fathoms and to surface. At- 
lanta, and small fishes. Wire parted, net inside out. 
Station 91. Off Fakarava. At 350 fathoms and to surface. Very poor 
haul. A Tamoya, the young of the large Charybdea caught off Anaa(?) 
Euphausia, Sagitta, young fishes, two species. 
Oct. 28. Two miles off Marokau (west shore). At 800 fathoms and 
to surface. Very poor haul. Sagitta, Salps, Diphyes, Abyla, large Cuvieria. 
Among the Paumotus the surface fauna is very poor; we have seen little 
or no phosphorescence while steaming through the group until on the 
night when making Aki Aki, when there seemed to be a little more pelagic 
life, judging by the phosphorescence. 
Station 173. Lat. 18° 55’ S., long. 146° 32’ W. Half way from Here- 
heretue to Mehetia. At 100 fathoms and to surface. Poor haul. Diphyes, 
Liriope, Euphausia, Abyla, Sagitta, Copepods, Saphirina, Collozoum very 
abundant, two forms of colonies, Penzeids, Tomopteris, Syllis, a small species 
of Salpee, large Appendicularie. At the same locality, at 300 fathoms and 
to surface, we obtained exactly the same things, with the addition of a few 
Pteropods, Cuvieria. 
Dec. 23. One mile off the north entrance to Funafuti. At 150 fathoms 
and to surface. Smooth water, very bright day. Brought up Beroé, Li- 
riope, Bougainvillia, Sagitta, several species of Copepods, pelagic Annelids, 
Tomopteris, Pteropods, a large pink Appendicularia, Schizopods, Saphirina, 
Collozoum, a few red Globigerine, larvee of Macrurans and Brachiurans. 
At Station 222, about one and one half mile south, off southeast pass 
into Rongelab. At 150 fathoms, and to surface. Excellent haul. Obtained 
Firoloides, Sagitta, Pteropods, Criseis, Cuvieria, several species of brilliantly 
colored Copepods, red, blue; a transparent Argulus-like Crustacean, Collo- 
zoum, Solmaris, transparent pelagic Annelids, Taonius, several species of 
Macrurans, Salpze, the stomachs of which contained many Radiolarians. 
Dr. Woodworth made a few hauls with the Kriimer quantitative nets. 
Hight of the hauls are pairs, taken inside and outside of lagoons. 
One pair, three quarters mile off the east point of Funafuti, at fifteen 
fathoms in 250 fathoms, and from fifteen fathoms close to bottom, inside of 
lagoon, half a mile from the village. 
