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station 4900, Eastern Sea, lat. 32 28' 50" N.; long. 128 34' 40" E., 

 139 fathoms, gray sand, broken shells, bottom temperature 52.9, 

 14 specimens; station 4901, Eastern Sea, lat. 32 30' 10" N.; long. 

 128 34' 40" E., 139 fathoms, gray sand, broken shells, 5 specimens; 

 station 4902, Eastern Sea, lat. 32 30' 50" N.; long. 128 34' 40" E. 

 139 fathoms, gray sand, broken shells, 3 specimens; station 4903, 

 Eastern Sea, lat. 32 31' 10" N.; long. 128 33' 20" E., 107 to 139 

 fathoms, gray sand, broken shells, 26 specimens; station 4933, 

 Eastern Sea, kt. 30 59' N.; long. 130 29' 50" E., 152 fathoms, 

 rocky, bottom temperature 56, 1 specimen; station 4934, Eastern 

 Sea, lat. 30 58' 30" N.; long. 130 32' E., 103 to 152 fathoms, rocky, 

 2 specimens; station 4937, Kagoshima Gulf, lat. 31 13' N.; long. 

 130 43' 10" E., 58 fathoms, mud, lava, pebbles, bottom tempera- 

 ture 64.8, 32 specimens; station 4946, off southern Japan, lat. 

 31 29' 10" N.; long. 130 34' 30" E., 39 fathoms, brown sand, 

 broken shells, pebbles, bottom temperature 68.7, 1 specimen; sta- 

 tion 4947, off southern Japan, lat. 31 28' 20" N.; long. 130 35' 30" 

 E., 51 fathoms, 1 specimen; station 5055, Suruga Gulf, lat. 34 53' N.; 

 long. 138 44' 15" E., 124 fathoms, green mud, gray sand, broken 

 shells, pebbles, bottom temperature 56.6, 2 specimens; station 5068, 

 Suruga Gulf, lat. 35 2' 25" N.; long. 138 46' 55" E., 77 to 131 

 fathoms, black sand, broken shells, bottom temperature 63, 1 speci- 

 men; station 5069, Suruga Gulf, lat. 35 3' 10" N.; long. 138 47' 

 E., 108 to 131 fathoms, mud, sand, broken shells, bottom tempera- 

 ture 55.8, 11 specimens; station 5070, Suruga Gulf, lat. 35 3' 25" 

 N.; long. 138 47' 40" E., 108 fathoms, mud, sand, broken shells, 

 bottom temperature 57.6, 8 specimens; station 5091, Uraga Strait, 

 lat. 35 4' 10" N.; long. 139 38' 12" E., 197 fathoms, green mud, 

 coarse black sand, pebbles, bottom temperature 47.6, 6 specimens; 

 station 5092, Uraga Strait, lat. 35 4' 50" N.; long. 139 38' 18" E., 

 70 fathoms, coarse black sand, bottom temperature 56.3, 3 speci- 

 mens; station 5093, Uraga Strait, lat. 35 3' 15" N.; long. 139 

 37' 42" E., 302 fathoms, coarse black sand, bottom temperature 

 43.9, 1 specimen; station 5094, Uraga Strait, lat. 35 4' 42" N.; 

 long. 139 38' 20" E., 88 fathoms, black sand, broken shells, bottom 

 temperature 54.8, 5 specimens; station 5095, Uraga Strait, lat. 35 

 5' 34" N.; long. 139 38' 36" E., 58 fathoms, fine black sand, broken 

 shells, bottom temperature 57.8, 14 specimens. Bathymetrical 

 range, 11J to 302 fathoms. Temperature range, 68.7 to 42.5. Four 

 hundred and eleven specimens. 



There is no doubt that this is a most variable species and these 

 specimens ranging in disk diameter from 3 to 17 mm., reveal it to a 

 remarkable degree. They vary in color, in abundance and size 

 of disk stumps and spines, in slenderness of arm spines and in degree 

 to which radial shields are bare, and extremes in any one of these 



