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Chzetopod worms were abundant at all the stations ; a species of 
the remarkable Chztoderma was also taken; two or three genera 
of Gephyrea were met with, and several of the forms had a resem- 
blance to the Arctic species. 
A new species of Edwardsia (or Hyanthus), a beautiful red 
Adamsia, a large Bunodes, and a new species of Flabellum repre- 
sent the most striking Zoantharia; the Alcyonaria are reported to 
be very remarkable, and among them was a specimen of the rare 
Umbellularia, 
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Jefircysi. Two new and remarkable Spatangoids make up the 
chief Echinid gains. The Asterida were all interesting and rare, 
but above all we have to note the capture of Bristnga coronata, 
which was taken at several stations. Among the Ophiurids, 
which were abundant, there was found one which, not described, 
is said to be probably the representative of an absolutely new 
. type. There are some new and fine species of Holothurioida, 
Among the Crinoids we find only two examples of an Antedon, 
allied to A. sarsii of the Northern seas. Hyalonema, Holtenia, 
Farrea, &c., were among the siliceous sponges. 
Large specimens of Orditolites tenuissima and a magnificent 
series of arenaceous forms are to be noted among the Foraminifera. 
_In some cases the dredge descended to 3000 metres, and in ad- 
dition to the zodlogical collections, there have been made obser- 
vations of very considerable importance on the hydrographical 
relations of the sea-bottom of this region. 
FAUNA OF THE LuRAY AND NEWMARKET CAVES, VIRGINIA— 
Last June I visited these caves in order to compare their fauna 
with that of Weyer’s cave, situated farther south in the Shenan- 
doah valley, which I had examined in 1874, with excellent 
results, having found between fifteen and twenty species of Arthro- 
pods, where no life had before been known to exist, ~ 
Newmarket cave, situated about three miles south of New- 
market, was’ first visited, and a hasty examination revealed the 
following forms: 
Spircstrephon copet Pack. Several specimens prove to be exactly 
like those from Weyer’s cave; individuals from the two caves (as 
well as from Luray cave) only differing from those of Mammoth 
cave, Ky., in having shorter hairs. 
Linyphia, Webs of a small spider, probably Z. weyert Emer- 
ton, wete common on the stalactites, but the spiders themselves 
long, narrow mite also occurred, 
it was blind, and quite different from Mammoth cave specimens 
of Chthonius packardi Hagen., 
