REPORT ON THE ASTEROIDEA. 669 



Station 224. Id the neighbourhood of the Caroline Islands, 100 miles north of the 

 Admiralty Islands. March 21, 1875. Lat. 7° 45' 0" N., long. 144° 20' 0" E. 

 Depth 1850 fathoms. Globigerina ooze. Bottom temperature 35°'4 Fahr. ; 

 surface temperature 81° - 2 Fahr. 



Styracaster armatus. 



Station 226. West of the Mariana or Ladrone Islands. March 25, 1875. Lat. 14° 

 44' 0" K, long. 142° 13' 0" E. Depth 2300 fathoms. Kadiolarian ooze. 

 Bottom temperature 35 c, 5 Fahr. ; surface temperature 79°"0 Fahr. 

 Freyella attenuata. 



Off Yokohama, Japan. Depth 5 to 25 fathoms. 



Astropecten polyacanthus. Also off Port Jackson, Australia ; Hong 



Kong; Admiralty Islands; and at Station 233. 

 Astropecten japonicus. Also at Stations 233, 233a, and 233b. 

 Luidia limbata. 

 Asterina pectin if era. 

 Asterias torquata. 

 Asterias amurensis. 



Station 232. South of Yeddo, Japan. May 12, 1875. Lat. 35° 11' 0" N., long. 139° 

 28' 0" E. Depth 345 fathoms. Green mud. Bottom temperature 41°*l 

 Fahr. ; surface temperature 64° - 2 Fahr. 



Pontaster oxy acanthus. 

 Astropecten brevispinus. 

 Pentagonaster japonicus. 

 Pentagonaster arcuatus. 

 Solaster paxillatus. 

 Asterias (Stolasterias) stichantha. 



Station 233. Off Kobe, Japan. May 17, 1875. Lat. 34° 39' 0" N., long. 135° 14' 0" E. 

 Depth 8 to 50 fathoms. Mud. Surface temperature 62° - 3 Fahr. 



Astropecten polyacanthus. Also off Port Jackson, Australia ; Hong 

 Kong ; Admiralty Islands ; and Yokohama, Japan. 



Astropecten japonicus. Depth 8 fathoms. Also at Stations 233a, 

 233b; and off Yokohama, Japan. 



Asterina penicillaris. 



Asterias versicolor. Also at Station 233a. 



