[68 



i -71 cirrus segments 



ossicles of the IBr series and first two brachials without spines 



cm the dorsal surface or on the proximal or distal borders, smooth 



rsally, or with a few low inconspicuous tubercles, usually with 



spinous lateral borders; third and following brachials 



with the dorsal surface studded with very fine shorl spines or 



arp tubercles; cirri XX. 62—71, verj slender, 50 mm. long; 



-13 ver) slender arms 80 mm. to 90 mm. long; IIBr 



\ 5 1 south of Kurrachi, India; [377 Metres) 



ossicles of the division series and the firsl two brachials with 



verv prominent spines on the proximal and distal borders and. 



to a greater or lesser extent, on the dorsal surface 



f spines on the borders of the ossicles of the division series 



few, large and coarse, those along the proximal edges of the 



axillaries especially long. and slightly curved dorsalward; no 



spines on the dorsal surface of these segments except for a 



few in the centre of the IBr, and first brachial, and a line 



of short spines or tubercles down the centre of the axillaries; 



outer portion of the arms compressed laterally, the central 



portion of the distal border of each brachial abruptly produced 



into a broad dorsoventrally flattened overlapping spine: cirri 



XX. 50 — 55, 32 mm. long; 10 — 12 arms 1 10 mm. long; 



Il Br 4 (3 + 4) (Hawaiian Islands; 632 Me tres) 



f 3 spines on the borders of the ossicles of the division series 



and first two brachials finer and much more numerous; the 



central portion of the distal edge of the outer brachials is 



not abruptly produced 



1 few coarse spines on the dorsal surface of the ossicles 

 of the IBr series and firsl t\\o brachials; these segments 

 have the proximal and distal edges everted and abundantly 

 armed with very fine spines, and a more coarsely spinous 

 median carination 



h 1 lareer an 1 stouter, with more numerous cirrus segments; 

 arms 100 mm. long; cirri XV— XXV, 54 — 66, 30 mm. 

 to 50 mm. long Philippine Islands to Timor; 



attcnuata 



hawaüensis 



hirsuta 



2 1 1 - -883 Metres 



h smaller and more slender, with fewer cirrus segments; 



arms 80 mm. long; cirri XXV, 50 --55. 3" mm. long 



luth western Japan; 792 Vletres) puóescens 



numerous s] 5 distributed over the dorsal surface 



of the 1 of tli-- IBr series and the first two brachials, 



