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WALTERIA LEUCKARTI Ij. 



Pis. XII & XIII. 



Walicria leuchartl, Ijima '96 p. 251. 

 Uyalodcndron navalium, Moore '98, 



The exquisitely tree-like Euplectellid from Japan recently 

 described and figured ])y J. P. Mooke under the designation of 

 Hyalodendron navalium n. gen., n. sp., is indubitably identical 

 with my ^yaUer'la leuchartl jireviously described in the ' Zoolo- 

 gischer Anzeiger.' The brevity of my description may have had 

 much to do in causing Moore's failure to recognize the identitv. 

 The creation of a new genus to receive the species is, in my 

 opinion, inadmissible. The description given by Moore is on the 

 whole good, but requires some important additions and correc- 

 tions. 



Numerous specimens have passed through my hands. The 

 exact localities in the Sagami Sea, where specimens of the species 

 have been obtained by Kuma, are as follows : 



Outside Okinose, 717 m. (-300 /wVo = 392 fms.). 



Near Mochiyama, 1000 m. (700 /wro = o46 fms.). 



Homba, 500-572 ra. and over (274-313 fms. +). 



Gokeba, 572 m. (400 /m'o = 313:fms.). 

 Fragments and grains of tufa attached to the basal disc 

 attest the nature of the bottom. 



Once at Gokeba, a haul of the long-lines brought up large 

 fragments of four different individuals at a time. From Outside 



