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Basing his conclusions on specimens from Tonkin, Annam, and Cambodia Gisle'n 

 says that evidently northward this species tends to pass over into H. variipinna, 

 from which it seems scarcely to be distinguishable as a good species. 



Localities. Albatross station 5481; between Samar and Leyte, Philippines, in 

 the vicinity of Surigao Strait; Cabugan Grande Island (N.) bearing N. 86 W., 3.8 

 miles distant (lat. 1027'30" N., long. 12517'10" E.); Ill meters; sand, sheUs, and 

 gravel; July 30, 1909 [A. H. Clark, 1911]. 



?Near Bohol, Philippines; Prof. Carl Semper [von Graff, 1877, 1884; P. H. 

 Carpenter, 1888; A. H. Clark, 1912]. 



Albatross station 5385; Jolo (Sulu) Sea; Sandakan Light bearing S. 34 W., 19.7 

 miles distant (lat. 606'40" N., long. 11818'15" E.); 71 meters; mud; January 7, 

 1909 [A. H. Clark, 1911]. 



Albatross station 5157; Tawi Tawi group, Jolo Archipelago; Tinakta Island (N.) 

 bearing S. 80 W., 3.3 miles distant (lat. 512'30" N., long, 11955'50" E.); 33 meters; 

 fine sand; February 21, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908, 1909] (2, U.S.N.M., 25516, 35197). 



Philippine Islands [A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912]. This refers to the four preceding 

 records. 



Neighborhood of Borneo [P. H. Carpenter, 1882, 1888; A. H. Clark, 1912]. 



Off southeastern Borneo Gat. 312' S., long. 11638' E.); 14-19 meters [A. H. 

 Clark, 1933] (1, Buitenzorg Mus.). 



Along Bay, Tonkin; Dr. C. Dawydoff [Gisle'n, 1936]. 



Nha'trang Bay, Binh Damon (Tre Island), Annam; Dr. C. Dawydoff [Gisle'n, 

 1936]. 



Off Phuquoc, Duougdong, Cambodia; Dr. C. Dawydoff, February 11, 1930 

 [Gisle'n, 1936]. 



North of central Java Gat. 522' S., long. 10921' E.); November 21, 1907 [A. H. 

 Clark, 1933] (4, Buitenzorg Mus.). 



North of western Java (lat. 522' S., long. 10742' E.); 23 meters; November 15, 

 1907 [A. H. Clark, 1933] (2, Buitenzorg Mus.). 



Off Cape Jabung, northern coast of southern Sumatra (lat. 103' S., long. 10435' 

 E.; July 3, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1933] (2, Buitenzorg Mus.). 



Singapore; Svend Gad [A. H. Clark, 1909, 1911, 1912] (6, C.M.). 



Northeastern Australia; Prof. J. Beete Jukes; H.M.S. Fly, 1843-1847 [A. H. 

 Clark, 1913] (1, B.M.). 



Alert station 144 (probably Thursday Island) [Bell, 1884]. 



Alert; Torres Strait; 18 meters; sand; also without mention of depth [Bell, 1882, 

 1884; P. H. Carpenter, 1888; A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 1913] (16, B. M.). 



Alert; Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait; 9-13 meters 3 ; 13 meters, sand; 

 13-16 meters; and without mention of depth [Bell, 1882, 1884; P. H. Carpenter. 1888; 

 A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 1913] (74, B. M.). 



Challenger station 186; Prince of Wales Channel (lat. 1030' S., long. 14218' E.); 

 15 meters; coral mud; September 8, 1874 [P. H. Carpenter, 1888; A. H. Clark, 1911, 

 1912, 1913] (2, B. M.). 



8 Given in Mem. Australian Mus., vol. 4, 1911, p. 765, as "Torres Strait, in 5-7 fathoms." 



