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Station 279 A. — October 2, 18 75. Off Papiete, Tahiti. Depth, 420 fathoms; 
much 
Station 279 C. — Same date. Depth, 620 fathoms; mud. 
The material obtained from these neighbouring points was much alike, both in 
physical aspect and organic constituents — a bluish black, sticky mud, which 
left little residue after washing. The list of Foraminifera obtained in either 
case was extensive and interesting, indicating a fauna ecpially removed from 
a Globigerina ooze on one hand and a tropical shallow-water sand on the 
other, though possessing many of the species of both. Of comparatively rare 
forms the following are conspicuous : — Textularia quadrilatera, Bolivina 
hantkeniana, Bolivina Jcarreriana, Bolivina nobilis and Bolivina porrecta, 
Virgulina subsquamosa, Chilostomella ovoidea, Allomorphina trigona (very 
rare), and Patellina corrugata. 
Station 280.— October 4, 1875. Lat. 18° 40' S., long. 149° 52' W. Depth, 1940 
fathoms ; bottom temperature, l° - 6 C.; Globigerina ooze. 
Clean Foraminifera, with little black stones, but no fine mud. It contains the 
common varieties of Globigerina, Pulvinulina, Splicer oidina, and Pidlenia, 
with Haplophragmium latidorsatum in large numbers, Elirenbergina hystrix, 
Candeina nitida, Uvigerina asperula, Pidvinulina favus, and other 
interesting species. Amongst the microzoa were also a few Ostracoda and 
Radiolaria. 
Station 283. — October 9, 1875. Lat. 26° 9' S., long. 145° 17' W. Depth, 2075 
fathoms ; bottom temperature, l° - 3 C.; red clay. 
A reddish brown mud, of which the residue after washing presented the 
remains of a Foraminif era-fauna similar to that last described, except that 
neither Gandeince nor Elirenbergince were detected in it. 
Station 285.— October 14, 1875. Lat. 32° 36' S., long. 137° 43' W. Depth, 2375 
fathoms; bottom temperature, 1°'0 C.; red clay. 
Brownish black mud, with pumice and manganese nodules ; fish-teeth, a 
few Radiolaria, and very few Foraminifera. Of the latter there was little 
beyond one or two of the smaller arenaceous species, the specimens of which 
were very delicate and often broken. 
Station 286. — October 16, 1875. Lat. 33° 29' S., long. 133° 22' W. Depth, 
2335 fathoms; bottom temperature, 0 o, 8 C.; red clay. 
A brown manganese mud, precisely like the foregoing, both in physical characters 
