neai Mi ooi. Ii8metei , Hard i >ai • .me!. Scirpearella gracilis. 



riON i tl 11. md and Ceram-Laut. i8 n and Litho- 



thamnion l> >ttom. 



Buton Strait. ;■; 94 meters. Sand with dead shells. Gorgoitella 

 urn - 



I Banda S t .i. [886 meters. Solid green mud. Scirpearella gracilis. 



Anchorage and surroundings, including Pulu Pasi Tanette, near the North 

 l/a carinata. 



B cl md < oral. JunceUa juncea, Scirpearella rubra. 



■ Kilsuin, West o ol Kur Island. 20 — 45 meters. JunceUa juinen. 



[n Duroa Strait, Kei [slands. Up to 52 meters. Lithothamnion, sand and coral. 

 l/a cora/loides, N. carinata. 



1 1"\ 258. Tual Anchorage, Kei [slands. 22 meters. Lithothamnion, sand and coral. Junce/la juncea, 

 .-. S irpearella rubra. 



lTION 260. 5°36'.5S., 1 • ! E. Near Kei [slands. 90 meters. Sand, coral and shells. (,, 



. JunceUa racemosa, Scirpearella rubra. S. gracilis, Nicella carinata. 



STATION 267. 5 54 >.. 1 . Gray mud with brown upper layer. 984 meters. Isidoides armata. 



STATION 273. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Am tsfemds, (Pearl Banks). 13 meters. Sand 

 and shells. 'la pectinata, JunceUa juncea, J. gemmacea. 



STATION 274. 5°28'.2S., 134 55.9 E. nv.u Aru [slands. 57 meters. Sand and shells, stones. Gorgonella 

 'ttalis, Scirp *raci/is. 



STATION 282. 8 :;.:S., [27 184E. Anchorage between Nusa Besi and the N. E. point of Timor. 

 27 — 54 meters Sand, coral and Lithothamnion. JunceUa juncea. 



STATION 289. 9°o'.3 S., t26 24'. 5 E. South coast of Timor. 112 meters. Mud, sand and shells. 

 Scirpearella gracilis. 



STATION 299. to 52. 4 S., i23°i'.i E. Buka or Cyrus Bay, South coast of Rotti Island. 34 meters. 

 Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. Ctenocella pectinata, JunceUa gemmacea, J. sanguivea, Scirpearella gracilis. 



5. Mid Channel in Solor Strait. off Kampong Menanga. 113 meters. Stony. Gorgonella 

 orientalis, G. rigida, Scirpearella rubra, Nicella coralloides, Nicella carinata. 



STATION 27' S., I22°54'.5E. near Flores. 247 meters. Sandy mud. Gorgonella orientalis. 



STATION 310. 8°3oS., 1 19 7.5 11. Flores Sea. /$ meters. Sand, dead coral. GorgoneUa orientalis, 

 Verrucella rubra, /'. stellata, JunceUa juncea, J. racemosa, Scirpearella rubra. 



STATION 315. Anchorage East end of Sailus Besar, Paternoster [slands. Up to 36 meters. Coral 

 and Lithothamnion. JunceUa juncea. 



It appears from this list that Gorgonellidx were secured at 35 stations uut of about 

 147 stations ulicn: the bottom was sucessfully explored with the dredge or trawl. 



Station 310 seems to have yielded tin- greatest numbcr of Gorgonellida-, six species 

 having been secured, the next bes) yield being Station j<»> and Station 305 where five species 

 were secured, while stations 204, 258 and 299 yielded four species each. 



The most abundant species of Gorgonellidae in the collection is Jiimclla juncea, which 

 '.1 at 12 stations, the next in abundance being Scirpearella rubra which was dredged 

 11 . Scirpearella gracilis coming v 1 . being found at 8 stations. But one species 



was secured from each of 21 stations in the foregoing lis'. 



