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February 26, 1908. Tumindao Island, anchorage, Sulu Archipel- 

 ago. (About lat. 4§° N.) 9-15 feet. 2 specimens. 



D. 5588. September 28, 1909. Off Mabul Island, near Borneo. 

 Lat. 4° 14' 20" N.; long. 118° 36' 48" E. Ship at anchor. Surface. 

 6.10 p. m. Surf. temp. 82°. Immense number of specimens. 



D. 5600. November 7, 1909. North of Celebes. Lat. 2° 05' N.; 

 long. 123° 52' 30" E. Surface. 7.06 p.m. Surf . temp. 82°. About 

 40 specimens. 



November 9, 1909. Talisse Island, north of Celebes. (About lat. 

 2° N.) 10-18 feet. 6 a. m. About 35 specimens. 



D. 5616. November 22, 1909. Off Tifore Island, Molucca Passage. 

 Lat. 0° 36' N.; long. 126° 52' 20" E. 20-30 fathoms. 6.44 p. m. 

 Surf. temp. 84°. 3 specimens. 



D. 5633. December 2, 1909. Off Selang Point. Lat. 1° 03' S.; 

 long. 127° 44' E. Surface. 7.14 p. m. Surf. temp. 84°. About 35 

 specimens. 



Remarks. — The long list of locahties shows that this small and very 

 characteristic form is widely distributed in the Phihppme Archipelago ; 

 it is especially common in shallow water near the coast and occurs 

 sometimes in vast numbers. 



Genus NEMATOSCELIS G. O. Sars. 



Of this sharply defined genus six species have been estabhshed, three 

 of which are represented in the collection, which aJso includes a new 

 species. 



18. NEMATOSCELIS MICROPS G. O. Sars. 



D. 5320. November 6, 1908. Chma Sea. Lat. 20° 58' N.; 

 long. 120° 03' E. 800 fathoms. 2.25 p.m. Bot. temp. 36.2°, dens. 

 1.02574. 13 specimens. 



D. 5120. January 21, 1908. Off Sombrero Island, near southern 

 Luzon. Lat. 13° 45' 30" N.; long. 120° 30' 15" E. 350 fathoms. 

 3.10 p. m. Bot. temp. 43.7°, dens. 1.02480. 4 specimens. 



D. 5287. Jidy 20, 1908. Off Sombrero Island, near southern 

 Luzon. Lat. 13° 37' 40" N.; long. 120° 39' E. 310 fathoms. 

 2.58 p.m. Bot. temp. 43.4°, dens. 1.02521. 6 specimens. 



19. NEMATOSCELIS LOBATA, new species. 



Plate 83, figs. 2a-2/. 



Type-locality.— D. 5288. July 22, 1908. Off Matacot Pomt, Luzon. 

 Lat. 13° 43' 30" N.; long. 121° E. 115 fathoms. 8.14 a. m. Im- 

 mense number of specimens. 



D. 5248. May 18, 1908. Off Lanang Pomt, Gulf of Davao. Lat. 

 7° 07' 25" N.; long. 125° 40' 24" E. 18 fathoms. 10.38 a. m. Surf, 

 temp. 83°, dens. 1.02453. 2 specimens. 



