204 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 



Station 170.— Off the Kermadec Islands, July 14, 1874; lat. 29° 55' S., long. 

 178° 14' W.; 520 fathoms; volcanic mud; bottom temperature, 43°; surface 

 temperature, 65°. Trawl. 



Amphitretus pelagicuS) n. sp. 



Station 170a.— Off the Kermadec Islands, July 14, 1874; lat. 29° 45' S., long. 

 178° 11' W.; 630 fathoms; volcanic mud; bottom temperature, 39°-5 ; surface 

 temperature, 6 5° "2. Trawl. 



Eledone verrucosa. 



Station 171.— North of the Kermadec Islands, July 15, 1874; lat. 28° 33' S., 

 long. 177° 50' W.; 600 fathoms; hard ground; bottom temperature, 39°-5 ; 

 surface temperature, 66° '5. Trawl. 



Cirroteuthis meangensis, n. sp. 



The Reefs, Tongatabu, 18 fathoms. 



Octopus tonganus, n. sp. 



Station 173.— Off Matuku, Fiji Islands, July 24, 1874; lat. 19° 9' 35" S., long. 

 179° 41' 50" E.; 315 fathoms ; coral mud ; surface temperature,- 76°. Dredge. 



Nautilus pompilius. 

 The Reefs, Kandavu, Fiji. 



Octopus vitiensis, n. sp. 



Surface of the harbour, Kandavu, Fiji. 



Sepioteuthis lessoniana. 



Between Api, New Hebrides, and Cape York, August 22, 1874 ; from the stomach of a 

 specimen of Sula piscator, which alighted on the ship. 



Ommastrephes oualaniensis. 



Station 181. — Off the south-eastern extremity of Papua, August 25, 1874; lat. 

 13° 50' S., long. 151° 49' E.; 2440 fathoms; red clay; bottom temperature, 35°-8 ; 

 surface temperature, 80°. Trawl. 



Cirroteuthis pacifica, n. sp. 



Raine Island, Torres Strait ; picked up on the shore. 



Spirula peronii (shells). 



