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Station 257. Du-roa Strait, Kei Islands. Down to 52 Metres. Coral. Comaster pulcher, Comantheria 

 briareus, Eudiocrinus indivisus. 



Station 25S. Tual Anchorage, Kei Islands. 22 Metres. Lithothamnion, sand and coral. Oligometra 

 serripinna. 



Station 259. Kei Islands (5 20/.2 S., I32°52'.5 E.). 487 Metres. Coral sand and dead coral. Perisso- 

 metra crassa. 



STATION 260. 2.3 miles N. 63 W. from the northern point of Nuhu Jaan, Kei Islands (5°36'.5S., 

 132 55'. 2 E.), go Metres. Sand, coral and shells. Comissia lütkeni, Comissia liispida, Comaster distincta, 

 Eudiocrinus indivisus, Decametra parva, Decametra minima, Cotylometra gracilicirra, Neometra diana, 

 Asterometra mirijica, Asterometra longicirra. 



Station 266. Kei Islands (5 56'. 5 S., 1^2° ^'-7 E.). 595 Metres. Grey mud with coral and stones. 

 Comissia gracilipes, Strotometra priamus. 



STATION 267. Kei Islands (5 54' S., 132° S6'.7 E.). 984 Metres. Grey mud with a brown upper layer. 

 Comissia gracilipes, Comatulides australis. 



STATION 273. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, eastern coast of the Aru Islands (Pearl Banks). 13 Metres. 

 Sand and shells. Capillaster multiradiata, Comatula rotalaria, Comatula etheridgei, Coma/u/a purpurea, 

 Comatula pectinata, Comantheria rotula, Comanthus annulata, Comanthus parvicirra, Zygometra microdiscus, 

 Zygometra punctata, Heterometra crenulata, Amphimetra discoidea, Oligometrides adeonae, Oligometra carpenteri. 



Station 274. Off the northeastern part of the Aru Islands (5° 28'. 2 S., 134 53'-9 E.). 57 Metres. 

 Sand and shells; stones. Capillaster multiradiata, Comatula purpurea, Comaster parvus, Heterometra er e uit - 

 lata, Oligometra carpenteri. 



STATION 279. Rumah Kuda Bay, Roma Island. 36 Metres. Mud and Sand. Lamprometra protectus. 



STATION 282. Anchorage between Nusa Besi and the northeastern point of Timor (8° 25'. 2 S., 

 127 i8'.4 E.). 27 — 54 Metres. Sand, coral and Lithothamnion. Comatella nigra, Capillaster multiradiata, 

 Comatula purpurea, Comatula pectinata, Comaster fruticosus, Comaster delicata, Comantheria briareus, Coman- 

 theria rotula, Comanthus parvicirra. 



STATION 284. Timor (8°43'.iS., 127 16'. 7 E.). 828 Metres. Grey mud. Democrinus weberi. 



STATION 285. Southern coast of Timor (8° 3g'.i S., I27°4'.4E.). 34 Metres. On the dividing line 

 between mud and coral. Capillaster multiradiata, Comatula purpurea, Comatula pectinata. 



Station 286. Timor (8° 50'. 2 S., i27°2'.2E.). 883 Metres. Mud, evidently a thin layer. Thalasso- 

 metra liirsuta. 



STATION 289. Timor (9 9'.3 S., 126 24'. 5 E.). 112 Metres. Mud, sand and shells. Comaster distincta, 

 Eudiocrinus venustulus, Compsometra parvi flora, Democrinus weberi. 



Station 294. Timor (io° 12'. 2 S., 124 27 / -3 È.). 73 Metres. Soft mud with very fine sand. Capil- 

 laster multiradiata, Comissia parvula, Comatula pectinata, Comaster parvus, Comaster distincta, Comanthus 

 tarvicirra, Catoptometra opliiura, Eudiocrinus venustulus, Eudiocrinus ornatus, Mariametra tenuipes, Neo- 

 metra diana, Asterometra mirijica, Daidalometra arachnoides, Perissometra gorgonia, Eumetra aphrodite. 



Station 295. Timor (io°35'.6S., 124 n'.pE.). 2050 Metres. Fine grey mud 3 cm. thick, the upper 

 layer more fluid, brown with black stripes. Democrinus weberi. 



STATION 296. Anchorage off Noimini, South coast of Timor. Coral Reef. Capillaster multiradiata. 



Station 297. Timor (io°39'S., I23°40' E.). 520 Metres. Soft grey mud with a brown upper layer. 

 Comatulides australis, Crossometra investigatoris, Perissometra robusta, Perissometra timorensis, Chondro- 

 metra rugosa, Chondrometra robusta, Strotometra parvipinna, Strotometra priamus, Democrinus weberi, 

 Eudoxocrinus sibogae, Metacrinus cingulatus, Metacrinus nobilis var. timorensis. 



Station 299. Boeka (or Cyrus) Bay, southern coast of Rotti Island (io° 52.4 S., 123 i'.i E.). 

 34 Metres. Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. Capillaster scutosa, Capillaster multiradiata, Comatula purpurea, 

 Comatula pectinata, Comantheria briareus, Comanthus bennetti, Comanthus samoaua. 



