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3699, off Port Arari, Honshu Island, Japan, 400 to 726 fathoms, gray 

 mud, volcanic particles, 24 specimens; station 4833, Sea of Japan, 

 lat. 36° 13' 40" N. ; long. 135° 56' 30" E., 79 fathoms, dark gray sand, 

 rocks, bottom temperature 53.2°, 1 specimen; station 4937, Kago- 

 shima Gulf, lat. 31° 13' N.; long. 130° 43' 10" E., 58 fathoms, mud, 

 lava, pebbles, bottom temperature 64.8°, 1 specimen; station 4946, 

 off eastern Japan, lat. 31° 29' 10" N.; long. 130° 34' 30" E., 39 

 fathoms, brown sand, broken shells, pebbles, bottom temperature 

 68.7°, 1 specimen; station 5053, Suruga Gulf, lat. 34° 49' 20" N.; 

 long. 138° 40' 15" E., 503 fathoms, green mud, bottom temperature 

 34.9°, 34 specimens; station 5054, Suruga Gulf, lat. 34° 52' 45" N.; 

 long. 138° 42' 20" E., 282 fathoms, green mud, broken shells, fora- 

 minifera, bottom temperature 45.3°, 2 specimens; station o056, Suruga 

 Gulf, lat. 34° 57' 35" N.; long. 138° 43' 35" E., 258 fathoms, green 

 mud, broken shells, foraminifera, bottom temperature 46°, 1 speci- 

 men; station 5057, Suruga Gulf, lat. 34° 58' 40" N. ; long. 138° 34' E., 

 270 fathoms, gray mud, bottom temperature 44.8°, 5 specimens; sta- 

 tion 5061, Suruga Gulf, lat. 35° 4' 50" N.; long. 138° 38' E., 250 to 

 332 fathoms, brown mud, fme gray sand, bottom temperature 43.7°, 

 2 specimens; statioA 5073, Suruga Gulf, lat. 36° 46' N. ; long. 138° 

 21' 50" E., 148 fathoms, gray mud, bottom temperature 54.6°, 4 

 specimens; station 5079, off Omai Saki, lat. 34° 15' N.; long. 138° E., 

 475 to 505 fathoms, pebbles, bottom temperature 39.1°, 1 specimen; 

 station 5082, off Omai Saki, lat. 34° 5' N.; long. 137° 59' E., 662 

 fathoms, green mud, fine sand, globigerina, bottom temperatm*e 37.7°, 

 1 specimen; station 5085, Sagami Bay, lat. 35° 6' 45" N.; long. 139° 

 19' 45" E., 622 fathoms, green mud, fine black sand, bottom tempera- 

 ture 37.8°, 1 specimen; station 5087, Sagami Bay, lat. 35° 9' 40" N.; 

 long. 139° 19' 5" E., 614 fathoms, green mud, bottom temperature 

 37.5°, 3 specimens. Bathymetrical range, 39 to 749 fathoms. Tem- 

 perature range, 68.7° to 34.9°. Ninety-one specimens. 



These specimens range in size from those 3 mm. across the disk to 

 those 11 mm. They agree well with the descriptions and figures of 

 Llitken and Mortensen, and comparison with some of their Panamic 

 specimens confirms the identification. It is noteworthy indeed to 

 find this species on the Japanese coast. 



AMPHIURA SUNDEVALLI. 



OphiolepissundevalliMiJLhEn and Troschel, Sys. Ast., 1842, p. 93. 

 Amphiura swndevallihjVNGMAisi, Oph. Viv., 1866, p. 320. 



Localities. — Alaska, Corwin coll., 1 specimen; Bering Strait, 12 

 fathoms, gravel, 2 specimens. 



The specimens measure about 10 mm. across the disk and are well 

 preserved. There seems to be no room for doubt as to their identity 

 with European and Greenland specimens, so that we have here still 

 another apparently circumpolar species of ophiuran. 



