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 Station i66. 2°28'.5S., i3i°3'.3E. near Misool. Ii8 meters. Hard coarse sand. Scirpearella gracilis. 



Station 172. Gisser, anchorage between this Island and Ceram-Laut. 18 meters. Coral and Litho- 

 thamnion bottom. Scirpearella regia. 



Station 204. 4°2oS., 122° 58' E. Buton Strait. 75 — 94 meters. Sand with dead shells. Gorgouella 

 umbracuhnn, G. rigida, Scirpearella rubra, S. gracilis. 



Station 208. 5°39'S., 122° 12' E. Banda Sea. 1886 meters. Solid green mud. Scirpearella gracilis. 



Station 213. Saleyer Anchorage and surroundings, including Pulu Pasi Tanette, near the North 

 point of Saleyer Island. Up to 36 meters. Nicella carinata. 



Station 240. Banda Anchorage. 9 — 45 meters. Black sand. Coral. Juncella juncea, Scirpearella rubra. 



St.\TION 250. Anchorage off Kilsuin, West coast of Kur Island. 20 — 45 meters. Juncella juncea. 



Station 257. In Duroa Strait, Kei Islands. Up to 52 meters. Lithothamnion, sand and coral. 

 Gorgonella delicatula, Nicella coralloides, N. carinata. 



Station 258. Tual Anchorage, Kei Islands. 22 meters. Lithothamnion, sand and coral. Juncella juncea, 

 J. racemosa, J. sanguinea, Scirpearella rubra. 



Station 260. 5°36'.5S., I32°55'.2E. Near Kei Islands. 90 meters. Sand, coral and shells. Gorgo- 

 nella rigida, Juncella racemosa, Scirpearella rubra, S. gracilis, Nicella carinata. 



Station 267. 5°54'S., I32°56'.7E; Gray mud with brown upper layer. 984 tneiers. Isidoides arinata. 



Station 273. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru Islands, (Pearl Banks). 13 meters. Sand 

 and shells. Ctenocella pectinata, Juncella juncea, J. geminacea. 



Station 274. 5°28'.2S., I34°S3'.9E. near Aru Islands. 57 meters. Sand and shells, stones. Gorgonella 

 orientalis, Scirpearella gracilis. 



Station 282. 8°25'.2S., 127° 18.4 E. Anchorage between Nusa Besi and the N. E. point of Timor. 

 27 — 54 meters. Sand, coral and Lithothamnion. Juncella juncea. 



Station 289. 9°o'.3 S., 126° 24'. 5 E. South coast of Timor. 112 meters. Mud, sand and shells. 

 Scirpearella gracilis. 



Station 299. 10° 52^4 S., I23°i'.i E. Buka or Cyrus Bay, South coast of Rotti Island. 34 meters. 

 Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. Ctenocella pectinata, Juncella geminacea, J. sanguinea, Scirpearella gracilis. 

 Station 305. Mid Channel in Solor Strait, off Kampong Menanga. 113 meters. Stony. Gorgonella 

 orientalis, G. rigida, Scirpearella rubra, Nicella coralloides, Nicella carinata. 



Station 306. 8°27'S., I22°54'.5E. near Flores. 247 meters. Sandy mud. Gorgonella orientalis. 



Station 310. 8°3o'S., II9°7'.5E. Flares Sea. j^ meters. Sand, dead coral. Gorgonella orientalis, 

 Verrucella rubra, V. stellata, Juncella juncea, J. racemosa, Scirpearella rubra. 



Station 315. Anchorage East end of Sailus Besar, Paternoster Islands. Up to 36 meters. Coral 

 and Lithothamnion. Juncella juncea. 



It appears from this list tliat Gorgonellidee were secured at 35 stations out -of about 

 147 stations where the bottom was sucessfully explored with the dredge or trawl. 



-Station 310 seems to have yielded the greatest number of Gorgonellidae, si.x species 

 having been secured, the ne.xt best yield being Station 260 and Station 305 where five species 

 were secured, while stations 204, 258 and 299 yielded four species each. 



The most abundant species of Gorgonellidae in the collection is Juncella juncea, which 

 was secured at i 2 stations, the ne.xt in abundance being Scirpearella rubra which was dredged 

 from II stations; Scirpearella gracilis coming 3"^, being found at 8 stations. Hut one species 

 of GorgonellidEe was secured from each of 2 1 stations in the foregoing list. 



