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Japan ; 350 fathoms (Lyman). Hiuga Sea ; 405-578 fathoms 

 (Clakk). Off Omai Zaki ; 475-918 fathoms (Clark). Off Smio 

 Zaki, Sagami Sea ; 83-158 fathoms (Clark). Off Kinkwa San ; 

 129 fathoms (Clark). Off Kii, Kumano Sea ; 440-649 fathoms 

 (Clark). Okhotsk Sea ; 100-510 fathoms (Clark). 



Indian Ocean (Kœhler). Malaysian waters (Kœhler). Bering 

 Sea (Clark). Alaska (Clark). Wasliington (Clark). California 

 (Clark). Eastern coasts of North America. West Indies. Nor- 

 wegian coasts. Finmark. Scotland. 



The specimen from, Hokkaido is very large, and is 42 mm. in 

 the disk diameter, 500 to 590 mm. in the arm length and 5.5 to 



6.5 mm. in the arm width at the 

 base ; the largest arm having about 

 six hundred and twenty joints. 

 The other specimens are all young, 

 with the disk diameter of 6 to 

 7 mm., and hardly showing the 

 specific characters of the oral ap- 

 paratus and arni spines. The oral 

 papillœ and teeth are flat, serrate 

 along the free margin, covered over 

 by skin, except at the free margin ; 

 so that, they are quite similar to 

 ^ A^ /^^s v^ those of Astrodia. On the disk, 



^ rH^^^'^'^ . "^f,-., V there are several scattered, delicate 



scales embedded in the skin, which 







'é 



■V; 



^ 



Fig. 6. Asieronyx loveni a. From above. 



xio. h. From below, xio. c. From remind US of the disk scales of 



below. X 11. a and h. Young. 



Astrodia, and are destined to be 

 absorbed in older examples. 



