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SPECIES 



HAl'.ITAT 



PE1TH IN FATHOMS 



cursor A. M.-Edw. 1881 



insifcr (S. I. Smith) 1882 



ensifer (S. I. Smith) var. exilis (Bate) 18S8. 



ensifer (S. I. Smith) var. producta Bate 

 1S8S 



ensifer (S. I. Smith) var. tenuipes Bate 1888 



-) gracilipes A. M.-Edw. 1884. 

 gracilis Bate 1888 



/r/rt/wï Bate 188S 



Antilies 500 



Eastern Caribbean Sea 683 



Off the East coast of the United States 384 — 693 



37° 59' 30"— 39° 39' 45" N. lat. 



7 1° 35' 15"— 7 3° 48' 40" W. long. 



Off Nevis, Antilles 356 



Off Guadeloupe 393, 583 



Off Martinique 334 



Off St. Vincent 573 



Off Barbados 209 



Off the East coast of the United States 58J -2033 



3 i 4i'-4i°43'N. lat. 



65 2 1 ' 50"— 74 57' 40" W. long. 



West coast of America from the Gulf 660 — 1879 



of California to the Galapagos Islands 



and Ecuador. 



Hawaiian Islands ') 293 — 13 14 



Sagami Bay, Japan ') 328 



South-west of Iceland 695 



South of Iceland 800—1128 



Off the south-west coast of Ireland 750 



Off the coast of County Kerry, Ireland 500 — 893 

 Off the Canary Islands 



Near the island of Ascension 1093 



Bay of Biscay 437—934 



Coast of Sardinia 874 — 1980 



Eastern Mediterranean 821 — 1380 



Near Yokohama, Japan 1 S7 5 



Off Luzon, Fhilippine Islands 1050 



Off Banda Island 1425 



Between Ambon and the Lucipara-islands 1 137 



Off the New Hebrides 1450 



South of Japan 345, 565 



Near the Admiralty Islands 1070 



Bay of Bengal 13 10 



Arabian Sea 824—1200 



Off the Cape Verde Islands 465 



Off the Hawaiian Islands 165 — 703 



Off Kandavu, Fiji Islands 610 



North of the Kermadec Islands 600 



Kei-islands 306 



South of the island of Rotti 502 



Arabian Sea 459 — 705 



Off New Zealand 700 



1) The specimens taken off the Hawaiian Islands and in the Sagami Bay, Japan, should perhaps be referred to the variety 

 producta Bate. 



2) A good figure of this species is found in "Nature", Vol. XXIX. of April 3, 1884, p. 532 and in: H. FlLKOL, La vie au 

 fond des mers. Paris 18S5, p. 143, Fig. 45. 



