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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station* 314. 
Oboam?ms from 
ScBFACE-Nm. 
Station 314a. 
Fi.she.s (Gunther, Zool. pts. 6 and 57). 
lioja bixichyinxi, n.sp. Obtained also at Station 313. 
Salilota muitralis, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Station 313 and 
Puerto Bueno. Only species of the genus. 
In addition to the foregoing, the following are recorded in the Station-book ; — 
Actinian (tentacles onl}*), three specimens of Astrogonium, two specimens of Ctenodiscus 
australis, many s})ecimens of Chirodota, Hirudinean on Raja, and Idothea (?). 
Excluding Protozoa, over 100 specimens of invertebrates and fishes were obtained 
at this Station, belonging to about 30 species, of which 13 are new to science, including 
representatives of 3 new genera ; 3 of the new species were not obtained elsewhere. 
Surface Organisms. — The following species are recorded from the surface at this 
Station : — 
.\mphipoda (Stebbing, Zool. pt. 67). 
Euthemisto gaudichaudii (Guerin). 
ScHizoi’ODA (Sars, Zool. pt. 37). 
Enphansia splendens, Dana. 
Thysano'essa gregaHa, n.sp. 
Pteropoda (Pelseneer, Zool. pt. 58). 
Spongiohranchsea australis, d’Orbign)^ 
Tunicata (Herdman, Zool. pt. 76). 
Saljxi echinata, n.sp. 
The tow-net yielded compound Radiolaria, many small Copepods, Hyperids, and 
Euj}hnusiap. 
Station 314a (Sounding 464), Sandy Point to Falkland Islands (see Chart 42). 
Januai*y 22, 1876 ; Lat. 51° 
24' S., long. 
61° 46' W. 
Temperature of air at noon. 
50° *3 ; mean 
for the day, 48°'6. 
Temper.iture of water : — 
Surface, . . . . 
4‘J-O 
50 fathoms, 
45"-8 
25 fathomn, 
47-4 
Bottom, 
41-8 
Density at G0° F. ; — 
Surface, . . . . 
1 -02480 I 
50 fathoms, 
. 1-02482 
25 fatboiuH, 
1 -02483 1 
Bottom, 
. 1-02504 
Depth, 1 10 fathoms ; deposit. Hard Ground. 
At 8.40 a.m. stopped and sounded in 110 fathoms. No deposit came up in the 
