SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
1081 
Macrura (Spence Bate, Zool. pt. 52). Station 281. 
Haliporus curvirostris, n.g,, n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Station 285, 
2375 fathoms. 
Lamellibranchiata (Smith, Zool. pt. 35). 
Sarepta ahyssicola, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained also at Station 246. 
Fishes (Gunther, Zool. pt. 57). 
Bathysaurus mollis, n.g., n.sp. One specimen ; obtained also at Station 237. 
In addition to the foregoing, a small Sponge attached to manganese slab and a 
PolyzooD [Bicellaria) are recorded in the Station-book. 
Excluding Protozoa, about 20 specimens of invertebrates and fishes were obtained 
at this Station, belonging to 13 species, of which 10 (all those described) are new 
to science, including representatives of 4 new genera ; 2 new species and 1 new genus 
were not obtained elsewhere. 
Station 282 (Sounding 427), Tahiti to Valparaiso (see Chart 38 and Diagram 19). Station 282. 
October 7, 1875 ; lat. 23° 46' S., long. 149° 59' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 70°'8 ; mean for the day, 71°'2. 
Temperature of water,: — 
Surface, 
73-2 
400 fathoms. 
43-2 
25 fathoms. 
72-0 
500 
41-2 
50 „ . . 
71-0 
600 
39-6 
75 „ . . 
69-8 
700 „ 
38-3 
100 „ 
68-1 
800 „ 
37-3 
125 „ . . 
66-5 
900 
36-7 
150 „ 
64-3 
1000 „ 
36-3 
175 „ . . 
61-5 
1100 
36-0 
200 „ . . 
58-3 
1200 „ 
36-0 
225 „ 
54-7 
1300 
35-6 
250 „ . . 
50-8 
1400 
35-4 
275 „ . . 
48-3 
1500 
35-2 
300 „ 
46-2 
Bottom, 
351 
Density at 60° F. at surface, 
1-02676 
2000 fathoms. 
1-02549 ; bottom. 
Depth, 2450 fathoms ; 
deposit. Red Clay, wdth very many crystals of 
formed in situ at the bottom, containing only a trace of carbonate of lime (see 
Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
