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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
An. 
Avuulb prom 
A?t. 
At 8 a.m. got up steam. At 9 a.m. shortened and furled sails, proceeded under 
steam, and sounded in 130 fathoms. Steered towards a landing place on Api Island. 
At 10 a.m. stopped off the edge of the reef in 25 fathoms. Lowered boats, cutter and 
two whalers, and sent them on shore with the natives brought from Levuka. At 
12.30 p.m. landed officers and naturalists. Dredged off the edge of the fringing coral 
reef in G3 fathoms, 125 fathoms, and 70 fathoms. In the haul from 125 fathoms the 
dredge was filled with the deposit, and in the hauls from 63 and 70 fathoms the 
dredge and swabs brought up many specimens. At 4 p.m. boats returned with officers 
and naturalists, and at 4.30 p.m. made all plain sail. Made good 69 miles. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports as having been obtained 
in the dredge in the vicinity of Api Island, New Hebrides : — 
Keratosa (Polejaeff, Zool. pt. 31). 
Hij'pospongia mauritiana (Hyatt). Three specimens (60 to '70 fathoms); obtained 
at no other locality by the Challenger. 
Cacosponyia spini/era, n.sp. One specimen (130 fathoms) ; obtained at no other 
locality. 
„ intermedia , n.sp. One specimen (130 fathoms) ; obtained at no other 
locality. 
Lvffaria variabilis, n.sp. One specimen (60 to 70 fathoms) ; obtained also at Tahiti. 
Monaxonida (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
Halichondria solida, n.sp., var. nigosa, nov. One specimen (60 to 70 fathoms); 
the species obtained also at Tahiti. 
lUiizochalina pedunculata , n.sp. One specimen (60 to 70 fathoms) ; obtained at 
no other locality. 
Tetp.actinellida (Sollas, Zool. pt. 63). 
A mphius hvuleyi , n.g., n.sp. One specimen (60 to 70 fathoms); obtained at no 
other locality. Only species of the genus. 
T /trombus challengcri, n.g., n.sp. One specimen (130 fathoms); obtained at no 
other locality. Only species of the genus. 
AlcyOHARIa (Wright and Studer, Zool. pts. 64 and 81). 
Villogorgia intricata (Gray). One specimen (63 to 130 fathoms); obtained at no 
other locality by the Challenger. Recorded from Bass Strait. 
