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specimen is pure white with a small reddish dot resembling a sacculus in size and 

 color on each pinnule segment, excepting for those of the 2 or 3 proximal pinnules. 



In the larger specimen the pure white ends of the pinnule segments contrast with 

 the darker central portion. In the smaller the larger segments are pure white, but 

 each has a small sharply outlined reddish brown dot. 



In a magnificient specimen from the University of Iowa's Barbados-Antigua 

 expedition station 51 the centrodorsal is thin discoidal with the flat dorsal pole 

 5 mm. in diameter and showing a shallow central depression. The cirri are XXIV, 

 13, from 12 to 14 mm. long. The 20 slender arms are about 150 mm. long. All of 

 the IIBr series are 4 (3 + 4). 



A small specimen collected by the same expedition at Barbados has 15 arms 

 45 mm. long. 



In the list of varieties of Actinometra echinoptera with their localities Hartlaub 

 gave Actinometra echinoptera var. rubiginosa-discoidea from Blake station 231. He 

 does not mention this combination in the text, and it is not quite clear to which 

 specimen he refers. It seems to be, however, the 11-armed example now in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology which he figured on Plate 17, Figure 9. 



Localities. Albatross station 2161; off Habana, Cuba (lat. 23 10' 36" N., 

 long. 82 20' 28" W.); 267 meters; coral bottom; April 30, 1884 (fragments, U.S.N.M., 

 34500). 



Albatross station 2168; off Habana, Cuba (lat. 23 10' 36" N., long. 82 20' 20" 

 W.); 233 meters; coral bottom; May 1, 1884 (1, U.S.N.M., 34532). 



Albatross station 2330; off Habana, Cuba (lat. 23 10' 48" N., long. 82 19' 15" 

 W.); 221 meters; fine gray coral; January 17, 1885 (3, U.S.N.M., 34535). 



Albatross station 2323; off Habana, Cuba (lat. 23 10' 51" N., long. 82 19' 03" 

 W.); 298 meters; white broken coral; January 17, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 34533). 



Albatross station 2326; off Habana, Cuba (lat. 23 11' 45" N., long. 82 18' 54" 

 W.); 355 meters; broken coral; January 17, 1885 (2, U.S.N.M., 34534). PI. 19, 

 figs. 46, 47. 



?Off Habana, Cuba; Albatross, 1885 (1, U.S.N.M., 34536). 



University of Iowa's Barbados-Antigua expedition station 101; Antigua 

 [A. H. Clark, 1921] (1, U. I. M.). 



Blake station 155; off Montserrat (lat. 16 41' 54" N., long. 62 13' 24" W.); 

 161 meters; temperature 20.56 C.; January 16, 1879 [von Graff, 1884; Hartlaub, 

 1912]. 



Blake station 177; off Dominica (lat. 15 32' 18" N., long. 61 30' 10" W.); 

 216 meters; temperature 18.33 C.; sand and broken shells; January 24, 1879 [Hart- 

 laub, 1912]. 



Blake station 203; off Martinique (lat. 14 28' 50" N., long. 61 05' 40" W.); 

 175 meters; temperature 16.11; sand and broken shells; February 10, 1879 [von 

 Graff, 1884]. 



Blake; Montserrat, Dominica or Martinique (5, M. C. Z., 429). 



Barbados; Captain Werner, 1873 [Hartlaub, 1912]. 



University of Iowa's Barbados- Antigua expedition station 50; Barbados [A. H. 

 Clark, 1921] (arms, U. I. M.). 



