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Station No. 4. Lat. 67° 50' N., Long. 55° 27' W. ; 20 fathoms. 



Rare Crustacea were met with here which had not been found in 

 the preceding localities : — Hippolyte sjpinus, Leach, aculeata, Kroyer, 

 and Phipj^sii, Kroj'^er ; Socarnes Vahlii (Rhdt.) ; Anonyx lagena (E,hdt.), 

 and gulosus, Kroyer ; Onesimus plautus (Kroyer) ; Vertumnus serratus 

 (0. Eabr.); Amphithoe carinata, Kroyer; CEdiceros saginatus, Kroyer; Podo- 

 cerus anguipes^ Kroyer ; Caprella septentrionalis, Kroyer ; Cytliere Fin- 

 marchica, Gr. O. Sars, and angulata, Gr. O. Sars ; Cytlieropteron latissi- 

 mum (Norman), and pyramidale^ Gr. S. Brady ; and Cytlurura clatlirata, 

 Gr. O. Sars ; and the only example procured of the circumpolar 

 Solaster endeca (Lin.) and of Pteraster militaris (Miiller) were from this 

 locality. 



Station No. 5. Lat. 66° 59' N., Long. 55° 27' W. ; 57 fathoms. 



A wonderfully rich dredging. Bottom sand and shells, with an im- 

 mense profusion of Rhynchonella p)sittacea, Ch. (living and dead, the 

 latter covered with Polyzoa), Balanus porcatus, Da Costa, Cynthia rustica, 

 L., and Alcyonidium gelatinosum, L. Among these animals Crustacea were 

 living in extraordinary numbers, which included almost the whole of the 

 Arctic Palaemonidae and Crangonidse, namely, Crangon horeas (Phipps), 

 Hippolyte Gaimardi, M.-Edw., gihha, Kroyer, horealis, Owen, and 

 acideata, Kroyer ; the Cumacea, Diastylis Edivardsii (Kroyer), D. Rathhii 

 (Kroyer), and Campijlaspis ruhicunda (Lilljeborg) ; the Amphipoda, Ver- 

 tumnus infiatus (Kroyer), Stegocephalus ampulla (Phipps), Eusirus cu^pi- 

 datus, Ej'oyer, Melita dentata, Kroyer, Gammaropsis erythrophthalmus., 

 Lilljeborg ; and the Lntomostraca, Nehalia hipes (Pabr.), Cytliere duhia., 

 Gr. S.Brady, Cytlieropteron punctatiwi, Gr. S. Brady, Cytherideis foveolata, 

 Gr. S. Brady (only previously known in the Gulf of St. Lawrence), and 

 Polycope orhiculai'is, Gr. O. Sars. On Hip)polyte spinus, Sow., there w^as the 

 parasitic Isopod Bopyrus aldominalis., Kroyer ; and on the abdomen of 

 Hippolyte horealis^ Kr., the parasitic Cirriped Sylon Hippolytes, Kr. 

 Altogether there were no less than fifty species of Crustacea in this 

 dredging. It was also very rich in Polyzoa, among which were : — Escha- 

 roides rosacea (Busk), and Sarsii, Smitt ; Leiescliara subgracile (D'Orb.), and 

 ci^ustaceum, Smitt ; Eschara elegantula^ D'Orb. ; Lepralia crystallina, 

 Norman, labiata, Busk, bellis, Busk, hippopus, Smitt, spathulifera, Smitt, 

 and many others ; Hippothoa eapansa, Norman ; and luxuriant growths 

 of Celleporaria incrassata, D'Orb. The Echinodermata included Asteinas 

 polaris, Miill. & Trosch., Ophiacantha bidendata (Eetz.), and Ophioglypha 

 rohusta, Ayr. Of thirty-five Poraminifera, ten belonged to the genus 

 Lagena, rarest among which was the Grreenlandic L. striato-punctata , 

 Parker and Jones ; there were also Lituola globigeriniformis, Parker and 

 Jones, Cyclammina cancellata, H. B. Brady, MS., and Bulimina elegantis- 

 sima.^ D'Orb. 



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