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| x Pidvinidina menardii (d’Orbigny). 
x „ michdiniana (d’Orbigny). 
x „ tumida, Brady. 
Rotcdia calcar, d’Orbigny (?). 
„ soldanii , d’Orbigny. 
Nonionina pompilioidns (Fichtel and Moll). 
„ scapha (Fichtel and Moll). 
Polystomella striatopundata (Fichtel and Moll). 
On May 4, the water was observed to be of a peculiar bcttle-green colour. 
smtios id Station 46 (Sounding 104), Bermuda to Halifax (see Chart 9). 
May 6, 1873 ; lat. 40° 17' N., long. G6° 48' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 47°’2 ; mean for the day, 45°’0. 
Temperature of water at surface, 40° 0 ; bottom, 37° '2. 
Density at 60° F. at surface, 1 ’02403. 
Depth, 1350 fathoms; deposit, Blue Mud, containing 15’40 per cent, of carbonate 
of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 8 a.m. proceeded under steam to sound. At 9 a.m. sounded in 1350 fathoms. 
At 1 1 a. m. put over dredge, which came up at 4 p.m. with a small quantity of mud and several 
specimens. The dredge was sent down again about 4 p.m., and brought up about 6.30 p.m., 
but it did not seem to have reached the bottom, the ship having possibly drifted into 
deeper water. There was a brilliant halo round the sun during a part of the day, showing 
prismatic colours. Many petrels and flocks of other birds were observed from the ship. 
Distance from Sambro Island at noon, 288 miles. Made good 115 miles. Amount 
of current 17 miles, direction S. 65" E. 
\ . , , , . , . v The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the dredge at this 
IhurocK. Station : — 
Phnnati lida (Kblliker, Zool. pt. 2). 
Protoptilum oberrans , n.sp. (?). Fragment; obtained also at Stations 44 and 45. 
A(TINiakia (Hcrtwig, Zool. pt. 15). 
Stejihauactis obyssicola (Moseley), n.g., n.sp. Two specimens ; obtained at no 
other locality. 
Ajiteboidka (Sladen, Zool. pt. 51). 
Pa nirchastcr armatus, n.g., n.sp. Obtained also at Station 50, 1250 fathoms; 
and off coast of Portugal. 
Station' 45 x SjJtsrnddina ddiuictvs, Parker and Jones. 
7 uiulina lohr.'ula (Walker and Jacob). 
„ fetiera, Brady. 
„ ungeriana (d’Orbigny). 
Anomalina ammonoides (Reuss). 
x Puirinuliaa canadensis (d’Orbigny). 
x „ crajisa (d’Orbigny). 
„ elegans (d’Orbigny). 
