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St. 156. 20.1.27. 53° 51' S, 36° 21' 30" W. 200-23601. Gear DLH. Bottom: rock. Eight 

 specimens. 



St. 345. 8. ii. 30. 55° 20' S, 34° 47' 30" W. 180 m. Gear N 70 V. Bottom: small stones and 

 shells. One specimen. 



South Sandwich Islands 



St. 363. 26. ii. 30. 2-5 miles S, 80° E of south-east point of Zavodovski Island. 329-278 m. 

 Gear DLH. Bottom: scoria. Three specimens. 



St. 366. 6. iii. 30. 4 cables south of Cook Island. 77-152 m. Gear OTL. Bottom: black sand. 

 Six specimens; i pentacrinoid larva. 



St. 371. 14. iii. 30. I mile east of Montagu Island. 99-161 m. Gear OTL. Five specimens. 



Bransfield Strait region 



St. 170. 23.ii. 27. Off Cape Bowles, Clarence Island. 61° 25' 30" S, 53° 46' W. 342 m. Gear 

 DLH. Bottom: rock. Six specimens. 



St. 172. 26. ii. 27. Off Deception Island. 62° 59' S, 60° 28' W. 525 m. Gear DLH. Bottom: 

 rock. Two specimens. 



St. 175. 2. iii. 27. Bransfield Strait. 63° 17' 20" S, 59° 48' 15" W. 200 m. Gear DLH. Bottom: 

 mud, stones and gravel. Three specimens. 



St. 177. 5. iii. 27. 27 miles south-west of Deception Island. 63° 17' 30" S, 61° 17' W. 1080 m. 

 Gear DLH. Bottom: mud, coarse sand and stones. Eight specimens; one pentacrinoid larva. 



St. 1948. 4.1.37. 60° 49-4' S, 52° 40' W. 490-610 m. Gear DRR. One specimen. 



St. 1952. II. i. 37. Between Penguin Island and Lion's Rump, South Shedands. 367-383 m. 

 Gear DRR. Bottom: soft mud. Forty-three specimens. 



St. 1955. 29. i. 37. 61° 35-1' S, 57° 23-3' W. 440-410 m. Gear DRR. Two specimens. 



St. 1957. 3. ii. 37. 7 miles east of Cape Bowles, Clarence Island, South Shctlands. 830 m. 

 Gear DRR. Bottom: rough, stony. One specimen. 785-767 m. Gear DRR. Bottom: stones. 

 One specimen. 



West coast of Graham Land 



St. 180. II. iii. 27. 1-7 miles west of north point of Gand Island, SchoUaert Channel, Palmer 

 Archipelago. 160-330 m. Gear OTL. Bottom: mud and stones. Five specimens. 



St. 181. 12. iii. 27. SchoUaert Channel, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 20' S, 63° 01' W. 160-335 m. 

 Gear OTL. Bottom: mud. Three specimens. 



St. 182. 14. iii. 27. SchoUaert Channel, Palmer Archipelago. 64° 21' S, 62° 58' W. 278-500 m. 

 Gear OTL. Bottom: mud. Six specimens. 



St. 599. 17.1.31. Adelaide Island. 67° 08' S, 69° 06' 30" W. 203 m. Gear DLH. One specimen. 



The Ross Sea 



St. 1644. 16.1.36. Bay of Whales. 78° 24-8' S, 164" 10-3' W. 626 m. Gear BNR. Bottom: 

 rocks and mud. One specimen. 



St. 1652. 23. i. 36. Ross Sea. 75° 56-2' S, 178° 35-5' W. 567 m. Gear DRR. Nineteen speci- 

 mens. 



St. 1658. 26. 1. 36. Off Franklin Island, Ross Sea. 76° 09-6' S, 168° 40' E. 520 m. Gear DRR. 



Four specimens, one very young. 



Historical. Carpenter (1888, p. 348) included in his definition of the genus Pro- 

 machocrinus the words "ambulacra. . .not provided with any definite skeleton". 



Minckert (1905, p. 496, figs, i, 2), on the basis of two fully grown specimens from 

 the collection of the Deutsche Siidpolar-Expedition, described the new species P. van- 



