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in uumber aud longer than in a specimen measuring 110 millimeters in 

 length, some of them on the dorsal side being fully half as long as the 

 test. The secondary spines are also much more widely scattered on 

 the upper surface. 



Iiinopneustes loiigispinus A. Agassiz. 



Station 2343, 279 fathoms (10646), two specimens each measuring 

 about Cj8 millimeters in length. The marginal fasciole is not colored 

 differently from the rest of the test. 



Hemiaster Mentzi A. Agassiz. 



Station 2384, 940 fathoms (10647), one specimen measuring about 30 

 millimeters in length. 



Brissopsis lyrifera Agassiz. 



Station 2343, 279 fathoms (10636) ; station 2378, 6S fathoms (10637), 

 fine series ; station 2381, 1,330 fathoms (10638) ; station 2400, 169 fath- 

 oms (10039); station 2401, 142 fathoms (10640), fine series; station 

 2402, 111 fathoms (10627), dead fragment; station 2404, 60 fathom* 

 (10633), one young specimen. 



Agassizia excentrica A. Agassiz. 



One living specimen from each of the two following stations : 2341,^ 

 14'3 fiithoms (10629) ; -2345, 184 fathoms (10630). 



Metalia pectoralis A. Agassiz. 



Station 2362, 25 fathoms (10624), fragments of a dead specimen. 

 Meoma veiitricosa Liitkeu. 



A fine series of this species was obtained from the following locali-- 

 ties: station 2362, 25 fathoms (10019), dead fragment; station 2405, 

 30 fathoms (8996) ;. station 2406, 26 fathoms (8997) ; station 2411, 27 

 fathoms (9000) ; station 2412, 27 fathoms (8998) ; station 2414, 26 fath- 

 oms (8999). 



Schfzaster (Periaster) limicola A. Agassiz. 



Station 2378, 68 fathoms (10641), 2 small specimens; station 2401^ 

 142 fathoms (^10642), 5 large specimens. 



LISTS OF THE SPECIES OBTAINED IN 1884 AND 1885, ARRANGED ACCORD- 

 ING TO LOCALITIES. 



ATLANTIC COAST OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



Off South Carolina; 88 to 99 fathoms, coarse and fine sand, broken 

 shells. Stations2312, 2313, 2417, 2418(1885). 

 Doroc/idaris papillata, var. 

 Clypeaster Bavenellii. 

 Off Fernandina, Fla. ; 440 fathoms, coral, coarse sand, shells, &c^ 

 Station 2415 (1885). 



Dorocidaris papillata. 

 Porocidaris Sharreri. 

 Asthenosoma hystrix. 



