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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 195. 
Ok*; A NISH* FROM 
the Deposit. 
Organise* from 
Scrf ace- Nets. 
At Aeboina. 
An IMAIJ l FROM 
Am unix a. 
Willemoes-Suhm wTites : “ The trawl brought up two specimens of a Gnathophausia 
different from the species taken on September 23 ; they seemed to be unusually large 
specimens of the widely-spread Gnathophausia zo'ea. The candelabriform Polyzoon was 
also present.” 
Diatomacejb. — The following species of Diatoms were observed by Mr. Comber in the 
deposit from this Station (see also Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.) : — 
Xaticula splendida, Gregory, var. diplostida, Grunow. 
„ a#}>era, Ehrenberg. 
Aehnanthes brevipes, Agardh. 
Nitzschia marina, Grunow. 
Synedra doliolus, Wallich. 
Grammatophora oceanica, Ehrenberg. 
Inthmia enervis, Ehrenberg. 
Triceratium robertsianum, Greville. 
„ favns, Ehrenberg, forma tetragona. 
Btddulphia ptdchella, Gray. 
Uemidiscus cuneiformis, Wallich. 
Coscinodiscus lepiopus, Janisch. 
„ excentricus, Ehrenberg, var. punctifera, 
Grunow. 
„ radialus, Ehrenberg. 
,, oadus-iridis , Ehrenberg. 
„ centralis, Ehrenberg. 
Surface Organisms. — The following are recorded in the note-books from the surface- 
nets on this date : — Peridinium, Coscinodiscus, Foraminifera, Sagitta, Pteropods, Loligo 
(from the trawl), Appcndicularia, and other oceanic pelagic forms. 
The Challenger remained at Amboina from 4.30 p.m. on October 4 till 4 p.m. on 
October 10, 1874 (for description of the island see Narr. Chall. Exp., vol. i. pp. 
57 G 585). During the stay Professor Thomson and Mr. Murray were engaged several 
days dredging from the pinnace in depths of 15 to 130 fathoms, the deposit in depths 
of 15 to 20 fathoms being composed of shells and sand, containing 59 '26 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime. The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports as 
having been obtained in the vicinity: — 
Monaxonida (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
IJalichondria pclliculata, n.sp. One specimen (100 fathoms); obtained at no 
other locality. 
Tctractinklliim (Sollas, Zool. pt. 63). 
PrKiLla.stra laminaris, n.sp. Several fragments (100 fathoms); obtained at no 
other locality. 
Coscinodiscus convexus, A. Schmidt. 
„ coneinnus, Smith. 
„ janischii, var. A. Schmidt, arafurensis , 
Grunow. 
„ reniformis, Castracane ( = Stoschia 
admirabilis, Janisch). 
„ africanus, Janisch. 
„ nodulifer, A. Schmidt. 
„ obscurus, A. Schmidt. 
„ rex, Wallich. 
Ethmodiscu8 sp. (?). 
Stidodiscus californicus, Groville. 
Adinoajdus pundidatus, Castracane. 
Asteromphalus roperianus, Greville. 
„ degam, Greville. 
Chxtoceros coardata, Lauder. 
