SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
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Station 166c (Sounding 287), Sydney to New Zealand (see Chart 27 
and Diagram 11). 
June 24, 1874 ; lat. 39° 21' E, long. 171° 28' E. 
Temperature of air at noon, 57°‘8 ; mean for the day, 56°'2. 
Temperature of water at surface, 58°'0. 
Density at 60° F. at surface, 1 '026 17. 
Depth, 400 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 82 *20 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Kenard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 4.10 a.m. brought ship to wind and sounded in 400 fathoms. At 5 a.m. proceeded. 
Station 167. 
At 7.30 a.m. shortened and furled sails, got up steam, and sounded in 150 fathoms, 
deposit Blue Mud, containing 26 - 71 per cent, of carbonate of lime. The trawl was 
sent down twice, and the dredge once, and brought up many specimens. At 11.30 a.m. 
completed observations, and made all plain sail. At 3 p.m. brought ship to wind, and 
sounded in 145 fathoms. At 5 p.m. got up steam, and at 5.30 p.m. shortened and furled 
sails and proceeded under steam. At 11.40 p.m. sounded in 75 fathoms. 
Distance at noon from Stephen’s Island, 122 miles. Made good 122 miles. Amount 
of current 9 miles, direction S. 65 E. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl and 
dredge at this Station : — 
Asteroidea (Sladen, Zool. pt. 51). 
Psilaster acuminatus, n.g., n.sp. Obtained also at Station 164 and Simon’s 
Bay, Cape. 
Ophicroidea (Lyman, Zool. pt. 14). 
Opliiomyxa australis, Lxitken. For distribution see Station 109. 
Annelida (MTntosh, Zool. pt. 34). 
Hyalincecia tubicola, Muller, var. longibranchiata, nov. Obtained also at 
Station VIII. 
Apomatus elisabethai, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
Pomatocerus strigiceps, Morch (?). One specimen : obtained at no other locality 
by the Challenger. 
Station 166c, 
Station 167. 
Animals from 
Trawl and 
Dredge 
