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ground south of Negapatam. On the 10th we trawled at 
Sta. 277 in 859-880 fath. Among the specimens obtained 
at this station were a new species of Photichthys and a Muni- 
dopsis (Elasmonotus) new to science. The next day we 
sounded and trawled in 1912 fath., Sta. 278. Among the 
specimens was one of Sternoptyx diaphana, which the ‘ In- 
vestigator’ had previously dredged in the Arabian Sea off 
the Malabar coast. ‘The 12th and 13th found the sea too 
rough to trawl, and we arrived at Negapatam on the evening 
of the 13th. 
From this on to the middle of March surveying-work took 
up all the time of the ship and left none for trawling. 
Sometimes on Saturday afternoons, if the week’s work had 
not been a particularly tiring one, we got the Lascars to 
volunteer to go out seining. ‘l'ow-nets were used every 
night, and the seine-nets of the local fishermen visited and 
inspected in the hope of finding new or rare species. 
On the 18th of March the ship went out for a few days’ 
trawling. Sta. 279, in 300 fath., off Porto Novo, proved 
very rich, among the fishes captured being Lamprogrammus 
fragilis, Harpodon squamosus, Peristethium investigatoris, and 
Xenomystax trucidans. ‘There was a large haul of crustaceans, 
comprising Munidopsis scobina (34 specimens), MMunida 
andamanica, Lyreidus Channert, Glyphocrangon investigatoris, 
Aigeon (Parapontocarts) bengalense, Heterocarpus gibbosus, 
Nematocarcinus cursor, Aristeus semidentatus, Calocaris 
Alcockt, a new species of Calastacus, Haliporus equalis, and 
Pandalus Alcocki. On March 19th, at Sta. 280, in 446 fath., 
another successful haul was made. As the net approached 
the surface numbers of fish shot up out of it and lay on the 
top of the water. A boat was lowered and about forty were 
picked up, as they lay with their eyes protruding and air- 
bladders distended, dead and dying. They were mostly 
Macrurus. Other fishes obtained in this trawl were Neo- 
bythites conjugator, Bathyclupea Hoskyni, Synagrops philip- 
pinensis, Dysommopsis mucipara, Lamprogrammus fragilis, 
and Saurenchelys teniola. The crustaceans were there in 
great numbers too, including species of Munida, Lyreidus, 
Ethusa, Heterocarpus, Pandalus, Hoplophorus, Aristeus, 
Haliporus, Hyastenus, and Polycheles, which were fairly 
common, and Munidopsis regia, Glyphocrangon hastacauda, 
and Psathyocaris infirma. 
Sta. 281, in 300 fath., where we trawled on March 20th, 
was very similar to Sta. 279, with the addition of Aphoristia 
Wood-Masoni, Benthobatis Moresbyt, and Neobythites macrops 
to the fishes, and Munedopsis scobina, Pasiphea unispinosa, 
