372 BULLETIN 82, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Notes.— The specimens collected by the Albatross present the following features; 

 station 3744, a 10-armed young; station 3746, 3 small specimens with arms 35 mm. 

 long, 1 10-armed and 2 12-armed; 1 is white with broad purple bands on the arms; 

 station 4935, a 10-armed young; station 4936, 1 of the 3 specimens is white with 

 broad purple bands on the arms; station 3764, a 14-armed young, three rays with 2 

 arms each, and two rays with 4 arms each. 



The specimens collected by Alan Owston's yacht Golden Hind show the following 

 features; lat. 35° 08' N., long. 139° 42' E., 55 meters; of the 3 large specimens 1 is 

 white with broad purple bands on the arms; lat. 34° 59' N., long. 139° 34' E., 110 

 meters; of the 2 specimens 1 is large, the other very small; lat. 34° 59' N., long. 139° 

 34' E., 110 meters; 1 is very large with the arms 85 mm. in length, and 2 are small with 

 the arms 30 mm. long; the largest specimen has 11 arms, the 2 smallest 10; lat. 35° 

 02' N., long. 138° 50' E., 100 meters; 1 small 10-armed specimen; lat. 35° 08' N., long. 

 139° 42' E., 55 meters; of the 4 specimens 3 are large and 1 smaller; lat. 35° 11' N., 

 long. 139° 45' E., 91 meters; 3 large specimens; off Okinose, 100 meters; 2 large speci- 

 mens; off Sunosaki, 100 meters; 1 very small specimen; Uraga Channel, 46 meters; 

 1 large specimen. 



The specimen collected by Dr. Haberer off Fukuura had about 15 arms 80 mm. long. 

 That collected by Professor Doflein near Misaki in 20 meters had 17 arms about 55 mm. 

 long, and that collected by the same gentleman on the Okinose Bank in 600 meters was 

 a small 10-armed individual. Of the 2 specimens collected by Professor Doflein on 

 the Okinose Bank in 250 meters 1 had 14 arms about 70 mm. long, and the other was 

 small with 16 arms about 40 mm. long. 



In one of the 2 specimens from Dr. SLxten Bock's station 12, as described by 

 Gisl6n, the centrodorsal is slightly arched and dorsally flattened, 1.5 mm. in diameter. 

 The cirri are XII, 27-30, 11 mm. long, arranged in a narrow row; the first segment is 

 short, the second is about as long as broad, the third is a httle longer, and the fourth 

 and following are half again as long as broad, distally becoming shorter again. The 

 distal portion of the cirrus segments from the fifth onward is somewhat everted. The 

 dorsal spines are single, and are developed from about the fifteenth segment outward. 

 The opposing spine equals half the width of the penultimate segment in height. The 

 terminal claw is curved, and shorter than the penultimate segment. The radials are 

 four times as broad as long, and are interradiaUy produced into processes which 

 separate the bases of the IBri; these last are three times as broad as long, widely 

 separated laterally, provided with slight lateral prominences and, together with the 

 preceding and succeeding ossicles, showing an inconspicuous mediodorsal elevation. 

 The IBr2 (axillaries) are one-third again as broad as long, and are without a lateral 

 flange. The IIBr series are 2. The brachials immediately follo^ving these axillaries 

 are interiorly united. The 12 arms are 30 mm. long. The second brachial is exteriorly 

 twice as long as interiorly. Gisl6n gives the syzygies on one arm as occurring between 

 brachials 34-4, 12-|-13, 17+18, 21 + 22, thence at intervals of 3 or 4 muscular articula- 

 tions. P, is 4.5 mm. long with 19 segments of which the first 2 are greatly enlarged, 

 the first three times as broad as long with an extension which is broader whan the 

 width of the segment, the second tmce as broad as long with a smaller extension, and 

 those foUowing half again as long as broad and rather smooth, though prismatic. 

 Pj is 7 mm. long with 17 segments, stouter than Pi; the first 2 segments resemble 



