JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



Vol. LXII. Part II.— NATURAL SCIENCE. 

 No. IV.— 1893. 



Natural History Notes from H. M. Indian Marine Stirvey Steamer, ' In- 

 vestigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, B. N., Commanding. Series 

 II., No. 9. An Account of the Deep Sea Collection made during the 

 Season of 1892-93.—% A. Alcock, M.B., C.M.Z.S., Superintendent 

 of the Indian Museum. 



With plates VIII. and IX. 

 [Reed. Nov. 21. Eead Deer. 6fch. ] 

 The collection here described is a very small one, bnt the few things 

 obtained are interesting. 



Among Coelenterata, Cerianthus and Cyathohelia do not appear to 

 have been before recorded from the Bay of Bengal : among Echinoderma, 

 Astroschema and Echinolam/pas — althongh the latter has been recorded 

 as a Sind Tertiary fossil : and among fishes Odontostomus. All these 

 occnr in the present collection. 



COELENTERATA. 

 NEMATOPHORA. 



ANTHOZOA ACTINIOMOKPHA. 

 AOTINIARIA. 

 Family Cerianthineae. 



Cerianthus, Delle Chiaje. 

 1. Cerianthus tenebrarum, n. sp. 

 Elegantly caryophyllaceons in shape. 



The body wall is thick, and the characteristic investing sheath is 

 J. Li. 22. 



