132 Scientific Intelligeuce. 
From the same region he and Dr. Gray have described three 
gion 
species us Haleyonoid corals. By the same expedition a shark 
and a small fish were caught at the same depth. The recent 
of which we have not yet seen full reports. Dr. Smitt and Mr. 
Ljungman on the cruise of the Sw edish frigate “ Josephine,” 
which visited the United States last summer, dredged some in- 
teresting animals on the newly discovered “ ue hine Bank,” 
— begs = the Azores, in 117 cape : aan et een? are 
nus 
Lofotensis § Sars, aaa Echinocucumis s typiea Sax: all of which heen 
been found also off Florida by Pourt 
ese discoveries have very ashe bearin upon Geological 
science and Physical Geography, as well as Zodlogy, and will 
cause important changes in. many generally accepted theories. 
a 
. It is certain that animal life does not oe in to diminish sen- 
sea animals are in part new and peculiar to great depths; in ; in part 
found also in shallower waters; in part previously known as Ter- 
tiary or Cretaceous fossi 
2. It follows that abundance of fossils in fe _ geological formation — 
is not, of itself, evidence of shallow-water origin. 
3. It is certain that t bright colored animals are fouud at the 
greatest depths yet explored, and although uniform red and white 
are the most common colors among deep-sea animals, yet examples 
of nearly all the other colors have been observed, among sd: 
Radiata, Mollusca, and Articulates,|| as in fact we might have 
* American Naturalist, vol. 3, p. Aig Sept., 1869. Since this article has been 
put in aye 5 hase had the pleasure of reading the preliminary reports of this 
166, Dec., 1869. The explorations on the of Ireland by Mr. Jef- 
nded down os the depth of 1476 fathoms, revealing a diversified fauna of 
de . W. the explorations 
the northern part of the Bay of Biscay, where 2435 fath- 
oms, with excellent res nter took ‘ion of the additional explora- 
tions north The case this expedition are of great interest and 
the — discoveries very num It added 117 of to - 
previ regard belonging ritish F agrten 6 are new 
science. The mollusca obtained in 2435 fathoms are Pecten tratus (Mediter- 
ranean), Dacrydiwm vitreum (Arctic), Sorobicularie nthide (Frmmerk to Sb to Sicily), New- 
fe a (new), Denitalium (new) 
Annals and Magazine of Nat. Hist., Oct., 1868. 
ey Soriano eee ees Saelngs Cant and 6 
ment of Astarte from ee = 
