three times as long as the proximal width, the ijcnukimate twice as 
lono; as broad; distal edges of the cirrus segments much expanded; 
cirri about XXX, 15 — iS; arms about 30 mm. long; P, slender and 
delicate, with 10 — 12 elongated segments; P, and the following pin- 
nules longer, with stouter segments and a gonad (between Marion 
I si an d a n d t h e C r o zets ; 2880 Metres) abyssormn 
c" cirrus segments much elongated proximally but becoming shorter 
distallv so that the last two are never more than twice as lontr as 
the proximal width ; distal edges of the cirrus segments, especially of 
the outer, less produced 
d^ distal cirrus segments shorter, the last three or four being less 
than twice as long as broad 
e' centrodorsal hemispherical ; cirri XXV — XXXV, i 5 ; arms 25 mm. 
long (southern Japan; 1395 Metres) cvpris 
e- centrodorsal much flattened, almost discoidal; cirri XL^LX ; 
arms between 30 mm. and 45 mm. long 
f cirri XL — XLV, 13 — 17 (usually 15), 8 mm. long; arms 
about 45 mm. long (Yezo Strait, Japan; 540 — 959 
Metres) coinastcr 
f- cirri LV — LX ; arms probably between 30 mm. and 35 mm. 
long (s-o uthwest of Cape Comorin, the southern 
tip of India; 774 Metres) plana^) 
d'- distal cirrus segments longer, the third and fourth from the end of 
the cirrus being distinctly more than twice as long as broad 
e^ Pj has 15 — 20 segments 
f ^ IBr series and first two brachials ver\' strongly convex dorsally, 
entirely and widely free laterally; IBr^ with strongly converging 
sides, the lateral angles of the axillaries projecting for a con- 
siderable distance beyond their distal angles; axillaries about 
as broad as long; cirri aijout XL, 15 — 16; cirrus segments 
more elongate, the proximal with more strongly produced 
distal ends (south of Sumbawa; 959 Metres). . . . tliysbe 
f- IBr series and first two brachials in lateral contact; axillaries 
much broader than long; cirri XXV — XXXV, 15; distal 
cirrus segments less elongate, the proximal with less strongly 
produced distal ends (northeast of Xew Zealand and 
near the Kermadec Islands; i 134—1260 Metres) . alkriiata 
e- Pj has II segments; cirri XXX— LX, 14; arms about 23 mm. 
long (western Bering Sea; 3178 Metres) brevicirra 
Ij The cirri of ihis species are not kaown, but it seems to belong here. 
