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a coral-fisliermau ia tlie Province of Tosa, Shikok ; but it is 

 doubtful if the specimen was really obtained in the sea off that 

 province. It was subsequently donated to the Science College 

 by ^Ir. MiMATS into whose possession it had come. 



To ray fiiend, Mr. H. Nakagawa, then professor of natural 

 history in the Higher Middle School of Kumamoto, I am in- 

 debted for a gift of four specimens, which, thought all in a bad 

 state of preservation, have supplied ample materials for my 

 study of the structure. jNIr. Nakagawa had found them in the 

 possession of two families in Fukuoka, a city on the north- 

 western coast of Ivyushyu. 



Early in 1899, Mr. Alan Owstox of Yokohama showed 

 me a beautifully preserved specimen of the species, purchased 

 for him l)y Mr. Black in Shimonoseki. With the kind per- 

 mission of the owner this specimen is shown in PL VI, fig. 4. 

 A few weeks later, Mr. Owston succeeded in securing in the 

 same city another but less perfect specimen, said to have been 

 originally obtained near Tsushima. This was graciously presented 

 to tlie Science College. 



On two occasions in 1889-1900, Mr. X. Ono of the Botanical 

 Institute, Sc. Coll., received from a friend residing in Shimono- 

 seki four specimens, which weie with ready willingness donated 

 to the Science College. One of them is the largest I liave ever 

 seen ; it is shown in PI. VI, figs. 2 & 3. 



Finally, Mr. Komeyama has put at my disposal five beauti- 

 ful specimens preserved in spirit, which were received from one 

 Mr. M. HiSADA of Izuhara, Tsushima. They were collected off 

 the villages of Kuta and Ofunakoshi, on the south-eastern coast 

 of the island just mentioned. 



The localities whence came probably all the known speci- 



