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station 3730, off Omai Zaki, Honshu Island, Japan, 34 to 37 fathoms, 

 mud, gravel, rocks, 1 specimen; station 3764, off Suno Saki, Honshu 

 Island, Japan, 44 to 50 fathoms, fine gravel, broken shells, 1 specimen; 

 station 4936, Eastern Sea, lat. 30° 54' 40" N.; long. 130° 37' 30" E., 

 103 fathoms, stones, bottom temperature 60.6°, 1 specimen. Bathy- 

 metrical range, 34 to 103 fathoms. Five specimens. 



Tifpe.— Cat. No. 25727, U.S.X.M., from station 3764. 



It is a matter of no little interest to find this genus occurring off 

 the coast of Japan, for it was previously known onh' from the West 

 Indies and Australia. The present species differs from those pre- 



FlG. 142.— ASTEROPORPA HADRACANTHA. X ". a, FROM ABOVE; b, FROM BELOW; C, SlOE VIEW OF THREE 



JOINTS NEAR DISK. 



viously known in its very short and thick arm spines, the lowest one 

 on the basal part of the arm being particularly characteristic. It is 

 interesting to find that in the relative width of the alternate bands 

 of granules on the arm the Japanese species does not resemble the 

 Australian form. Comparison of fig. 142 with that of A. aus- 

 tralianus °' shows how distinct the two species are. 



ASTROCHELE LvEVIS, new species.'' 



Disk 20 mm. in diameter; arms about 100 mm. long, probably. 

 Disk high, convex, covered with a thick, uniform coat of flattened, 



a Mem. Aust. Mus., vol. 4, pi. 54, fig. 2. 



bLxvis, signifying smooth, in reference to the relatively low and Hat disk granules. 



