520 Capt. A. F. McArdle on 
and Alpheus macrosceles to the crustaceans. From March 
20th to April 2ud the ship was surveying off Point Calimere. 
On April 2nd we left for Colombo, and on the 3rd we trawled 
at Sta. 282 in 498-726 fath. The trawl was lowered in 
498 fath., and after it was hauled in a sounding showed 
726 fath. This rapid deepening of the water perhaps accounts 
for the very poor results obtained at this Station, for the only 
interesting specimens obtained were Nephropsis atlantica and 
NV. ensirostris. 
The next day, April 4th, we lowered the trawl in 1086 
fath., Sta. 283. The bottom was very foul, and the net 
came up considerably torn and practically empty. Among 
the specimens were Galacantha rostrata and Sergestes bi- 
sulcatus. 
All the ground round and off the south and east coasts of 
Ceylon is very interesting and has often yielded valuable 
results ; but the coral and rocky bottom makes trawling very 
risky work, the trawls are often damaged and sometimes 
lost in spite of the utmost care, and the nets seldom escape 
injury. 
Loe April 5th we trawled at Sta. 284 in 506 fath. The 
trawl came up greatly damaged, the iron framework bent out 
of all shape and the net torn to pieces. But in the remains 
of the latter were secured a fine lot of coral and a big collec- 
tion of starfishes. Among the Crustacea was a new species 
of Uroptychus. The corals included a species apparently 
identical with the red coral of commerce, Corallum rubrum, 
which has never before been found in these seas. 
On April 6th the trawl was lowered for the last time in the 
season. We had sounded in 1600 fath., and the trawl with 
2200 fath. of wire rope was paid out. Shortly after it was 
all out and the ship going slowly astern, the strain suddenly 
went up on the accumulator. Orders were immediately given 
to stop the ship, but before it could be done the rope parted 
at the near end, and the trawl with over 2000 fathoms of rope 
was lost. This unfortunate accident finished the trawling 
for the season, as we had no second rope on board. The 
‘Investigator’ returned to Bombay, and went into dock on 
May Ist, 1901. 
‘The following is a detailed description of a new species of 
fish and four new crustaceans. All will be figured in an 
early issue of the “Illustrations of the Zoology of the 
‘Investigator.’ ” 
