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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Amboixa. 
Station 196 . 
Aximam from 
T*awl 
Fishes (Gunther, Zool. pt. 6). 
Trypauehen vagina. Bl. (15 fathoms) ; obtained also at Hong Kong and Japan. 
Bnymaceros macclellandi, Thompson. (15 fathoms) ; obtained at no other locality 
by the Challenger. 
In the foregoing list 103 species are enumerated, of which 34 are new to science, 
including representatives of 2 new genera ; 31 of the new species and 1 new genus 
were not obtained elsewhere. 
Station 196 (Sounding 330), Amboina to Samboangan (see Chart 31). 
October 13, 1874 ; lat. 0° 48' 30" S., long. 126° 58' 30" E. 
Temperature of air at noon, 82° ‘8 ; mean for the day, 81°'2. 
Temperature of water at surface, 83°’0 ; bottom, 36°’9. 
Density at 60" F. at surface, 1 ’02558 ; bottom, 1 ’02584. 
Depth, 825 fathoms ; deposit, Hard Ground, hard conglomerate containing 
93 ’70 per cent, of carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea, 
Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 5.30 a. m. got up steam, and at 6.30 a.m. sounded in 825 fathoms. At 8 a.m. put 
trawl over. At 10.45 a.m. trawl came up with some pieces of conglomerate, and numerous 
pecimens. At 11 a.m. made all plain sail. At 4.30 p.m. got up steam as the wind had 
fallen to a calm. Proceeded under steam along the coast of Great and Little Tawalls 
Hands. Much lightning and some thunder with passing showers towards midnight. 
Sea slightly phosphorescent. 
Wolf Rock distant at noon, 56 miles. Made good 55 miles. Amount of current 
9 miles, direction N. 34 J W. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at 
this Station : — 
Monaxoxida (Ridley and Dendy, Zool. pt. 59). 
riopsis challenge ri, n.sp. Thirteen specimens and fragments; obtained also at 
Station 214, 500 fathoms (var. meangensis). 
Tetractixelluja (Sollas, Zool. pt. 63). 
Tv t ilia jtvdifera, n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
