1912.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 413 



Type. — Cat. 9,638, Yale University Museum, a female [S. S. B. 

 No. 105]. Cotypes in Yale University Museum and in Cat. No. 2,402 

 of the author's collection, also .a female. 



Type Locality.- — Bay of Yeddo (Tokio), Japan; Edward S. Morse; 

 3 9. 



Distribution.— Bay of Tokio (Verrill,!); off Misaki, Sagami 

 (Wtilker); off Dzushi, Sagami (Wtilker); Wakanoura, Kii (!); 

 Bay of Waka, Kii (!); off Kobe, Settsu (Hoyle); Onomichi, Bingo 

 (!); Kagoshima, Satsuma (Ortmann); Kadsiyama (Ortmann); 

 Nagasaki, Hizen (Appellof, Joubin, !); Takao, Formosa (!). Hong 

 Kong, China (!); Gulf of Manaar (Hoyle); Andaman Islands 

 (Goodrich); Maldive Archipelago (Hoyle). 



Specimens Examined. — 



No. Where Author's 



Sp. Locality. Sex. Collector. deposited. Register. 



1 Bay of Tokio 9 E. S. Morse Yale Univ. 105 



Mus., 

 Cat. 9,638 

 (cotvpe) 



1 Bay of Tokio 9 E.S.Morse S.S.B., 288 



Cat. 2,402 

 (cotype) 



1 AYakanoura, Kii 9 Jordan and L.S.J.U., 293 



Snyder Cat. 2,022 



3 Bav of Waka, Kii 9 & Jordan and L.S.J.U., 294 



Snyder Cat, 2,023 



3 Onomichi, Bingo 9 c? Jordan and L.S.J. U., 292 



Snyder Cat. 2,021 



4 Nagasaki, Hizen 9 c? Jordan and L.S.J.U., 289 



Snyder Cat. 2,024 

 1 Japan 9 ? L.S.J.U., 291 



Cat, 2,025 

 3 Takao, Formosa 9 cf HansSauter L.S.J.U., 290 



Cat, 2,026 



5 Hong Kong, China 9 cf W.H.A.Put- Mus.Comp. 283 



nam, 1861 . Zool., 

 Cat. 1,571 



1 Hong Kong, China 9 W.H.A.Put- Mus.Comp. 284 



nam Zool., 



Cat. 3,446 



2 Hong Kong, China 9 & W.H.A.Put- Mus.Comp. 285 



nam Zool., 



Cat, 1,537 



The material at my disposal referable to this species has been 

 so unusual both in quantity and character, including even the 



