THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Stations VI I u 
n* VI Is. 
Station VII p. 
Ammau* Flu »m 
Dkkim.e 
120 
Volt anie Mud, containing ll’S4 per cent, of carbonate of lime, bottom temperature 45°’0 
(Station VI 1 m.) ; at 8.40 a.m., in 975 fathoms, deposit Volcanic Mud, bottom temperature 
41 0 (Station VIIn.) ; at 10 a.m., in 560 fathoms, deposit Volcanic Mud, containing 
25 93 per cent, of carbonate of lime, bottom temperature 45°’5 (Station VIIo.) ; at 10.30 
a.m. in 7S fathoms, deposit Volcanic Sand, containing 45’09 per cent, of carbonate of 
lime (Station VI Ip.). At the same time dredgings were taken in shallow water, the 
animals noted below being recorded, but at 3.30 p.m. the dredge-rope parted and the 
dredgi was lost, having fouled something at the bottom. Soundings were then taken in 
179 fathoms, Hard Ground (Station VIIq.); at 5 p.m., in 640 fathoms, deposit 
Volcanic Mud, containing 31 ‘70 per cent, of carbonate of lime, bottom temperature 45°'8 
(Station VIIr.) ; and at 5.45 p.m., in 1390 fathoms, deposit Volcanic Mud, bottom 
temperature 38" 5 (Station VIls.). Proceeded thence under steam round the north-east 
extremity of the island. ' 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports as having been obtained 
in the shallow dredgings (70 to 78 fathoms) on this date (Station VIIp.) : — 
Maori’ ra (Spence Bate, Zool. pt. 52). 
Irctus i tygmxus , n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
„ sp. (?). Two young specimens. 
Anomura (Henderson, Zool. pt. 69). 
Pagurus ca lulus, Risso. One young specimen ; obtained also at Cape Verdes. 
Recorded from the Mediterranean, Madeira, and 
Canaries. 
Sjnrojtagurus elegans, Miers. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality by the 
Challenger. Recorded from Goree Island, Senegambia. 
A napagui'us pusillus, n.sp. Many specimens ; obtained also at Station 75, and 
Simon’s Bay, Cape, 18 to 90 fathoms. 
Galatheu dispersa, Spence Bate. Two specimens; obtained at no other locality by 
the Challenger. Recorded from British seas. 
Brachyura (Miers, Zool. pt. 49). 
P>-a (Arr.lopsis) tnbulus (Linnd). One specimen; obtained also at Station 75, 50 
to 90 fathoms. Recorded from North Atlantic and 
Mediterranean. 
Lamkllibranchiata (Smith, Zool. pt. 35). 
Ilnxtroclmna <l<(bi<i (Pennant). Obtained also at Cape Verdes. Recorded from 
North Atlantic and Mediterranean. 
