SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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Station 75 (Sounding 139), oft' the Azores (see Chart 10). Station 75. 
July 2, 1873 ; lat. 38° 38* N., long. 28° 28' 30" W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 70 c *8 ; mean for the day, 68°‘6. 
Temperature of water at surface, 70 c ’0„ 
Depth, 450 fathoms ; deposit, Volcanic Mud, containing 20’59 per eent. of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits ChalL Exp.). 
At 9 a.m. got up steam, and at 11 a.m. weighed anchor and proceeded under steam 
out of Horta Bay towards Magdalena Bank. At 11.45 a.m. stopped and put dredge over, 
hauling it in occasionally from a depth of 50 to SO fathoms, deposit Volcanic Sand, con- 
taining 6873 per cent of carbonate of lime. It brought up many specimens. At 4 p.m. 
sounded in 450 fathoms, and sent down dredge, which brought up numerous specimens. 
At 5 p.m. made all plain sail, and shaped -course for San Miguel, the principal island of 
the Azores. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports as having been obtained Animate mow 
in the dredge on this date-; where the depth is not given, the animals are reported as J ' KE! "' E ' 
from 450 fathoms ; — 
Monaxonida (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
Reniera implexa, Schmidt, var. (?). About a dozen specimens:; obtained at no 
other locality by the Challenger, Recorded from the Adriatic. 
Gellius cmgulatus (Bowerbank). Three specimens ; obtained at no other locality bj 
the Challenger. Recorded from British seas. 
Ploccimia coriacea (Bowerbank), var. elegans, nov. One specimen ; obtained at no 
other locality. Recorded from British seas. 
Suberites carnosus (Johnston). One specimen ; obtained also at Port Jackson, 6 to 
15 fathoms, and Fernando Noronha. Recorded from Britain, 
Kerguelen, and Vancouver’s Island (?).. 
,, elongatus, n.sp. Eight specimens ; obtained at no other locality. 
Polymastia agglutinans, n.sp. Two specimens ; obtained at no other locality. 
Calcarea (Polejaeff, Zool. pt. 24). 
Leucosolenia blanca (M.-Maclay), var. bathybia, nov. Two specimens ; obtained at 
no other locality. The species recorded from Mediterranean. 
Leuconia crucifera, n.sp. One fragmentary specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
Alcyonaria (Wright and Studer, Zool. pt. 64). 
Bellonella bocagei (Kent). Several specimens ; obtained at no other locality by 
the Challenger. 
(SUMMARY OF RESULTS CHALL. EXP. 1893.) 35 
