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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 300 fathoms and 

 to surface. Very poor haul. Sagitta, Salpaj, 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, Penreids, Tomopteris, Syllis, a small species 

 of SiilpsB, large Appendicularite. 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 Beroe, Li- 

 riope, Bougainvillia, Sagitta, several species of Copepods, pelagic Annelids, 

 Tomopteris, Pteropods, a large pink Appendicularia, Schizopods, Saphirina, 

 Collozoum, a few red Globigerinse, larvae 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, Siilpae, the stomachs of which contained many Radiolarians. 



Dr. Woodworth made a few hauls with the Kramer quantitative nets. 



Eight 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. 



