FRAUNHOFER.—­A ring-plain, S. of Furnerius, about 30 miles in diameter, with a regular border rising about 5000 feet above the floor.  A smaller ring-plain abuts on the N.E. side of it, which has slightly disturbed its wall.

OKEN.—­A large enclosure in S. lat. 43 deg. with broken irregular walls.  It is too near the limb for observation.

VEGA.—­Schmidt represents this peculiar formation, situated S.E. of Oken, as having a regular curved unbroken rampart on the E., while the opposite border is occupied by four large partially overlapping ring-plains, two of which contain small craters.  The floor is devoid of detail.

PONTECOULANT.—­A great irregular walled plain, about 100 miles in length, near the S.W. limb, with a border rising in places to a height of 6000 feet above the floor.

HANNO.—­A smaller and more regular enclosure, adjoining Pontecoulant on the N.W., and still nearer the limb.

WEST LONGITUDE 60 deg.  TO 40 deg.

MESSIER.—­The more westerly of a remarkable pair of bright craters, about 9 miles in diameter, standing in an isolated position in the Mare Foecunditatis just S. of the Equator.  Madler represents them as similar in every respect, but Webb, observing them in 1855 and 1856 with a 3 7/10 achromatic, found them very distinctly different,—­Messier, the more westerly, being not only clearly smaller than its companion, but longer from W. to E. than from N. to S., as it undoubtedly is at the present time.  Messier A, however, as the companion is termed, though larger, is certainly not circular, as sometimes shown, but triangular with curved sides.  It is just possible that change may have occurred here, for Madler carefully observed these objects more than three hundred times, and, it may be presumed, under very different phases.  Messier A is the origin of two slightly divergent light streaks, resembling a comet’s tail, which extend over the Mare towards its E. border N. of Lubbock, and are crossed obliquely by a narrower streak.  Messier and Messier A stand near the S. and narrowest end of a tapering curved light area.  There is a number of craterlets and minute pits in the neighbourhood, and under a high light two round dusky spots are traceable in connection with the “comet” marking, one just beyond its northern, and the other beyond its southern border, near its E. extremity.

LUBBOCK.—­A brilliant little crater, about 4 or 5 miles in diameter, near the E. coast-line of the Mare Foecunditatis.  The region E. of this object is particularly well worthy of scrutiny under a low sun, on account of the variety of detail it includes.  On the S.E. run three fine parallel clefts, originating near the N. end of the Pyrenees.