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Localities. — Albatross station 5179; in the vicinity of Romblon; Romblon Light 

 bearing S. 56° E., 4.5 miles distant (hit. 12° 38' 15" N., long. 122° 12' 30" E.); 68 

 meters; hard sand; March 25, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (4, U.S.N.M., 34959). PI. 

 49, figs. 146,' 147. 



Albatross station 5356; North Balabac Strait; Balabac Light bearing S. 64° 

 W., 15.5 miles distant (lat. 8° 06' 40" N., long. 117° 18' 45" E.); 106 meters; Janu- 

 ary 5, 1909 [A. H. Clark, 1911] (4, U.S.N.M., 27486 [type], 34963, 35046, 36229, 

 36275). PI. 48, fig. 145. 



Albatross station 5142; in the vicinity of Jolo (Sulu); Jolo Light bearing S. 50° 

 W., 3.9 miles distant (lat. 6° 06' 10" N., long. 121° 02' 40" E.); 38 meters; coral 

 sand and shells; February 15, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908]. 



Albatross station 5138; in the vicinity of Jolo; Jolo Light bearing S. 19° E., 2.5 

 miles distant (lat. 6° 06' 00" N., long. 120° 58' 50" E.); 35 meters; sand and shells; 

 February 14, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (1, U.S.N.M., 35037). 



Albatross station 5137; in the vicinity of Jolo; Jolo Light bearing S. 61° E., 1.3 

 miles distant (lat. 6° 04' 25" N., long. 120° 58' 30" E.); 36 meters; sand and shells; 

 February 14, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (2, U.S.N.M., 35040). 



Albatross station 5136; in the vicinity of Jolo; Jolo Light bearing S. 37° E., 0.7 

 mile distant (lat. 6° 04' 20" N., long. 120° 59' 20" E.); 40 meters; sand and shells; 

 February 14, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (1, U.S.N.M., 34974). 



Albatross station 5174; in the vicinity of Jolo; Jolo Light bearing E., 2.6 miles 

 distant (lat. 6° 03' 45" N., long. 120° 57' 00" E.); 36 meters; coarse sand; March 5, 

 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (1, U.S.N. M., 34964). 



Albatross station 5147; Jolo Archipelago, in the \'icinity of Siasi; Sulade Island 

 (E.) bearing N. 3° E., 8.4 miles distant (lat. 5° 41' 40" N., long. 120° 47' 10" E.); 

 38 meters; coral sand and shells; February 16, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (1, U.S.N.M., 

 35044). 



Albatross station 5153; Tawi Tawi group, Jolo Archipelago; Tocanhi Point 

 bearing S. 27° E., 2.1 miles distant (lat. 5° 18' 10" N., long. 120° 02' 55" E.); 89 

 meters; coral sand and shells; February 19, 1908 [A. H. Clark, 1908] (4, U.S.N.M., 

 34950). 



Siboga station 282; anchorage between Nusa Besi and the northeastern point 

 of Timor (lat. 8° 25' 12" S., long. 127° 18' 24" E.); 27-54 meters; sand, coral, and 

 lithothamnion; January 15-17, 1900 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (2, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Danish e.xpedition to the Kei Islands; Dr. Th. Mortensen; Amboina Bay; about 

 100 meters; stones; March 2, 1922 (1). 



Geographical range. — From the Philippines to the Lesser Sunda Islands. 



Bathymetrical range. — From 35 (?27) to 106 meters; the average of 10 records is 

 56.7 meters. 



History. — Specimens of this species were first recorded under the name of 

 Phanogenia novae-guineae in 1908 bj' the present author, who listed them from 8 

 Albatross stations in the Philippines and gave a summary of their characters. 



In 1909 I described in detail the articulation between the elements of the IBr 

 Beries, referring the form to Comaster novae-guineae. 

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