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o^ — First articulation of the free arm a synarthry; all division series 4 (3+4) 

 or 2; terminal comb long, with short teeth, continuing in the same direc- 

 tion as the basal portion of the pinnule, and confined to the pinnules in 

 the proximal part of the arm Comantluis 



Comatula is readily distinguished from both of these genera by 

 the syzygy between the costals, and Cornaster by the presence of a 

 pinnule on the first brachial of all arms not arising from costal axil- 

 laries. 



PHANOGENIA NOV^-GUINE^ (J. Muller) 



Station No. 5136; oft the town of Jolo; 22 fathoms. 



Station No. 5137; off the town of Jolo; 20 fathoms. 



Station No. 5138; between Jolo and Pangasinan Island; 19 

 fathoms. 



Station No. 5142; north of Jolo town; 21 fathoms. 



Station No. 5147; off Balinpongpong Island (south of Jolo) ; 21 

 fathoms. 



Station No. 5153; east of Port Dos Amigos, Tawi Tawi ; 49 

 fathoms. 



Station No. 5174; oft' Jolo town; 20 fathoms. 



Station No. 5179; between Tablas and Romblon; 37 fathoms. 



The cirri are usually less than ten in number, with 12 or 13 joints, 

 the proximal much elongated, the distal short. The arms are 75 mm. 

 to 90 mm. long, composed of joints with overlapping and spinous 

 distal ends; the pinnule joints are more or less spinous. 



PHANOGENIA MULTIBRACHIATA (P. H. Carpenter) 



Station No. 5141 ; between Bubyan and Pangasinan Islands; 29 

 fathoms. 



Station No. 5142; north of Jolo town; 21 fathoms. 



Station No. 5146; west of Tapul Island (south of Jolo); 24 

 fathoms. 



Genus COMANTHUS A. H. Clark 



COMANTHUS NOBILIS (P. H. Carpenter) 



Santa Cruz, Marinduque. 



Station No. 5138; between Jolo and Pangasinan Island; 19 

 fathoms. 



Station No. 5146; west of Tapul Island (south of Jolo); 24 

 fathoms. 



Station No. 5147; oft' Balinpongpong Island (south of Jolo) ; 21 

 fathoms. 



