NOTES <>X JAPANESE MYXIXOIDS. 5 



in thia myxinoid, \ took the opportunity of collecting ;m abundant 



material at various intervals during a period of somewhat over a 

 year. In this time upward of six hundred specimens were examined, 

 and from the notes made upon them, the following table was 

 prepared. 



of Sex Characters- 



X'uLuher of eggs of 

 foregoing. 



23- 



24- 



27 



36- 

 24- 

 13- 

 27- 

 32- 



13- 



17- 



2- 

 5- 

 9- 



4- 

 10- 



18 

 15 



23 



17 

 17 

 14 

 17 

 19 



Size of eggs (mm.) of 

 foregoing. 



23 



7.2- 



20- 



22- 



23- 



23 



25 



22 



2- 

 5- 



1G- 



3- 



-19- 



-3- 



22.9 

 23 



4.4 



4.2- 

 11.9 

 18.9 

 20 



20 + 



9.9 



Remarks. 



(Females with eggs either nearly mat 

 (ure, or very immature (3 mm. or less). 

 ( Many large males, average size about 

 (48 cm. 



4 collecting trips : failed to get 



specimens. 



Follicular capsules empty, from 9-12 



mm. long. 



All mature males spent. Follicular 



capsules empty. 

 (Exceptions: 1 female, in which eggs 

 ) measured 11-14 mm. 

 ( Exceptions : 1 female, in which eggs 

 (measured 12 mm. 



(I female: eggs 2 mm. ...2 females: eggs 

 (5 mm. rest bet. 7-14 mm. 

 2 females : 5 and 4 mm. 



I female : small eggs. 



6 females : small eggs. 



[ female : small eggs : 1 male ripe. 



those in which sex could not be distinguished macroscopically. 



