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It was on this line (from 968 fathoms) that we first obtained speci- 
mens of the eyeless Macrouran (Willemosia), closely allied, if not 
identical, as were most of our deep-water species, with those brought up 
from great depths in the Atlantic by the “Challenger” expedition. From 
1,920 fathoms on this line we brought up magnificent specimens of the 
brilliant scarlet Gnathophausiæ, and other gorgeously colored Macrou- 
rans allied to those referred by Thomson to Astacus. From a some- 
what less depth we obtained a gigantic Isopod closely allied to Aega, 
measuring more than eleven inches in length and three in width. 
In the same trawl we obtained (and at greater depth also) several spe- 
cies of fishes similar'to those secured from deep water by the “Challenger " 
belonging to the Macrouride and Ophidiide. One species was especially 
interesting, resembling a huge tadpole with a gigantic cartilaginous round 
head and without eyes. Some of the other species are undoubtedly 
identical with those mentioned by Giinther in his preliminary report on 
some of the “Challenger” fishes. I am, however, unable to refer to it at 
present. Among them were a couple of species of a genus with elongated 
flattened heads, diminutive eyes, and furnished with gigantic filaments 
fully as long as the body, extending from the tips of the peetorals and 
from the lower caudal lobe; these filaments probably have the function 
of organs of touch. We also brought up from this line in deep water a 
number of silicious sponges, among them Poliopogon amadou W. T., 
Hyalonema toxeres W. T., fragments of Leporella, of which a number of 
specimens were found off the coast of Cuba, as well as fragments of an 
Euplectella allied to E. tuberea W. T., a large specimen of which had 
been previously dredged by us off Bahia Honda. In 1,568 fathoms we 
obtained a single fine specimen of Umbellaria in excellent condition. It 
came up in a trawl nearly choked with ooze, containing, among other 
things, several species of the remarkable deep-sea Holothurian family 
obtained by Thomson along the coast of Portugal. These Holothurians 
are large masses of jelly brilliantly striped longitudinally and trans- 
versely, with deep crimson bands, the mouth placed on the lower side, 
which forms a kind of foot, as in Psolus and Cuvieria; others of the 
group were perfectly transparent. 
On the edges of the Florida and Yucatan Banks, in shallower water, from 
400 to 900 fathoms, we found the same species of Echinoderms already 
known from the explanations of Count Pourtalós in the U. 5, C. 5. 5. 
Bibb. Among them were several species of pentagonal starfishes allied 
to the genera Archaster, Astrogonium, Hippasteria, and the like, as 
well as many good specimens of Coclopleurus, Saleniw, Neolampas, and 
