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Stat. 136. July 29 — August 3. Ternate anchoragc. 23 m. Surface. 17 specimens, larvae or very 



young individuals. 

 Stat. 138. August 3. Anchorage on the cast coast of Kajoa-island. 66 m. Surface. 1 very 



young specimen. 

 Stat. 141. August 5. Lat. i°o'.4S., long. I27°25'.3 E. 1950111. Hensen vertical net, from 1500 m. 



to surface. 6 specimens, 1 of which is adult, the others younger or very young. 

 Stat. 142. August 5/7. Anchorage off Laiwui, coast of Obi Major. 23 m. Plankton. 1 very 



young specimen. 

 Stat. 143. August 7. Lat. i°4'.5 S., long. i27°52'.6E. 1454 m. Hensen vertical net, from 



1000 m. to surface. 4 specimens, less than half-grown. 

 Stat. 144. August 7/9. Anchorage North of Salomakiee-(Damar)-island. 45 m. Plankton. 10 



specimens, young or very young. 

 Stat. 146. August 9. Lat. o°36'S., long. I28°32'.7E. 512111. Surface. 1 very young specimen. 

 Stat. 148. August 10. Lat. o° 1/.6 S., long. 129° I4'.5 E. 1855 m. Hensen vertical net, from 



1000 111. to surface. 7 specimens, from less than half-grown to nearly full-grown. 

 Stat. 157. August 15/16. Lat. o°32'.9 S., long. I30°I4'.6E. 45 m. Plankton. 6 specimens: larvae 



or very young. 

 Stat. 165. August 20/22. Anchorage on North-east side of Daram-island (False Pisangs), East 



coast of Misool. 49 m. 8 specimens: larvae and very young individuals. 

 Stat. 168. August 22/23. Anchorage North of Sabuda-island. 63 m. Surface. 5 larvae. 

 Stat. 184. September 11/12. Anchorage off Kampong Kelang, South coast of Manipa-island. 



36 m. Surface. 2 specimens: 1 larva and 1 very young individual. 

 Stat. 185. September 12. Lat. 3 20' S., long. i27°22.9E. Hensen vertical net, from 1536 m. 



to surface. 11 specimens, from quite young to somewhat more than half-grown. 

 Stat. 189*. September 12. Lat. 2°22'S., long. I26°46'E. Townet. 6 larvae. 

 Stat. 194. September 15. Lat. i°53'.5S., long. i26°39 E. 1504 m. Townet. 1 larva. 

 Stats. 194 — 7. September 15. i° 53'-5 S. — i°45-3 S., I26°39' E. — I27°8'.3 E. Plankton. 1 very 



young specimen. 

 Stat. 203. September 20. Lat. 3°32'.5 S., long. I24°I5'.5 E. HENSEN vertical net, from 1500111. 



to surface. 7 specimens: 6 not full-grown and 1 larva. 

 Stats. 204 — 7. September 20 — 21. Buton-strait. Surface. 2 larvae. 

 Stat. 220. November 1/3. Anchorage off Pasir Pandjang, West coast of Binongka. 278 m. 



Surface. 5 specimens: 4 very young and 1 larva. 

 Stat. 223. November 6. Lat. 5°44.7S., I26°27'.3E. 4391 m. Surface. 2 larvae. 

 Stat. 225. November 8. 5700 M. N. 279 E. from South point of South-Lucipara-island. 894 m. 



Surface. 22 young specimens. 

 Stat. 243. December 2. Lat. 4°3o'.2S., long. I29°25'E. HENSEN vertical net, from 1000 m. 



to surface. 1 adult specimen. 

 Stat. 276. January 9. Lat. 6°47'.5 S., long. i28°4o'.5 E. HENSEN vertical net, from 750 m. 



to surface. 3 very young specimens. 

 Stat. 282. January 15/17. Lat. 8°25'.2S., long. i27°i8'.4E. Anchorage between Nusa Besi 



and the N. E. -point of Timor. 27 — 54 m. Surface. 2 larvae. 

 Stat. 315. February 17/18. Anchorage East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. 36 m. Plankton. 



2 larvae. 



Sars has workecl out an excellent description of this very characteristic species, but the 

 copulatory organs ought to be dealt with here. The main plate is short and the lobes long 

 (fig. 3«). The inner lobe (li.) with all three processes well developed; the spine-shaped process (J> 1 .) 

 is strongly curved and inserted somewhat before the end of the lobe; the terminal process (/>".) 

 is moderately long, directed upwards along the outer and partly the posterior side of the lobe, 

 a little curved, with the end somewhat expanded and shaped as a small, triangular plate; the 

 proximal process (/> s .) is inserted about at the middle of the outer margin of the lobe, moderately 



