094 
THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
St.\tio.v *261. 
Several brilliant meteors were observed between midnight and 4 a.m. At 7.30 a.m. 
shortened and furled stiils, and proceeded under steam. At 9 a.m. sounded in 
2050 fathoms. No sample of the bottom was brought up in the sounding-tube, but a 
trace of reddish mud adhered to the outside of the tube. Took serial temperatures down 
to 1500 fathoms. At 12.30 p.m. completed temperature observations, and proceeded 
under steam against a heavy sea and strong easterly breeze. ' 
Point Upoloa distant at noon, 79 miles. Made good 68 miles. Amount of current 
14 miles, direction S. 82° W. 
Organisms from 
Surfai'b-Ncts. 
Surface Organisms. — The following are recorded in the note-books from the surface 
and down to a depth of 20 fathoms : — Ceratium (Peridinium) tripos {in catena), 
Pifvocystis (two forms), Ethmodisciis, Coscinodiscus, and other Diatoms, Oscillatoriaceae, 
Globiyerina, Orhulina, Hastiyerina, Pulvinulina, Acanthometrse and other Radiolaria 
abundant, ^ledusm, Siphonophorse, Echinoderm larvae, Sayitta, Annelid larvae, Saphirina, 
Copilia, SeteUa, Hyperids, Euphausia, Lucifer, larval Lamellibranchs and Gasteropods, 
Echinospira, Atlanta, Pterotrqchea, Pteropods and larvae, Appendicidaria, Doliolum. 
-\t Hawaii. 
The Challenger anchored in Hilo Bay, Hawaii, at 7 a.m. on August 14, remaining 
there till 2 p.m. on August 19, when she proceeded on her voyage towards Tahiti. 
Animals from 
Sandwich 
Islands. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports as having been obtained 
during the stay of the Challenger at the Sandwich Islands in shallow water and on shore ; 
the deposit off the reefs at Honolulu in 20 to 40 fatnoms was a Coral Sand containing 
88 '6 4 per cent, of carbonate of lime, and the deposits in Honolulu Harbour, fathoms, 
and in Hilo Bay, 6 fathoms, w*ere Volcanic Muds containing respectively 10 and 5 per 
cent, of carlionatc of lime (for description of the islands see Narr. Chall. Exio., vol. i. 
pp. 759-709) : — 
Kerato.s.x (Polejaeff, Zool. pt. 31). 
Coscinoderma denticulatum, n.sp. One specimen (Honolulu reefs, 40 fathoms) ; 
obtained at no other locality. 
Monaxonioa (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
EsjM'viopsis anornala, n.sp. Two specimens (Honolulu, 16 to 20 fathoms); obtained 
at no other locality. 
Rkkf Corals (Queleh, Zool. pt. 46). 
Pocillfpora cespitosa, Dana. (Honolulu reefs, 1 to 2 fathoms); obtained also at Tahiti. 
„ liyulolo, Dana. Two specimens (Honolulu) ; obtained at no other 
locality by the Challenger. 
