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station 5445 the two or three first side arm plates usually bear, at 

 some distance from the group formed by the two small normal 

 spines, a third spine still smaller than these two latter, which is 

 close to the dorsal border of the plate; this arrangement is more 

 marked in the small specimen in which the diameter of the disk 

 is 10.5 mm. than in the other in which this diameter reaches 13 mm. 



OPHIOMUSIUM LYMANI Wyvffle Thomson. 



Plate 86, figs. 5, 7-9. 

 See for bibliography : 



Ophiomusium lymani KCEHLEB ('04), p. 58; ('09), p. 61. MACCLENDON ('09), 

 p. 36, pi. 1, figs. 3, 4. H. L. CLARK ('11), p. 107; ('13), p. 213. MORTEN- 

 SEN ('13), p. 254. FARRAN ('13), p. 34. KCEHLER ('14), p. 26. H. L. 

 CLARK ('15), p. 331. MATSUMOTO ('17), p. 289. 



Localities. Albatross station 5283; China Sea, in the vicinity of 

 southern Luzon; Malavatuan Island (N.) bearing N. 64 W., 16.21 

 kilometers (8.75 miles) distant (lat. 13 48' 30" N., long. 120 28' 

 40" E.) ; 512 meters (280 fathoms) ; July 18, 1908; dk. gy. S. 



Four specimens (Cat. No. E. 310, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5349; Palawan Passage; Point Tabonan bear- 

 ing N. 85 E., 83.77 kilometers (45.2 miles) distant (lat. 10 54' 00" 

 N., long. 118 26' 20" E.) ; 1,335 meters (730 fathoms) ; December 

 27, 1908; Co., S. 



Fifteen specimens, of which some are very large (diameter of the 

 disk from 30 to 35 mm.) (Cat. No. E. 367, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5423; Jolo Sea; Cagayan Island (S.) bearing S. 

 11 E., 8.89 kilometers (4.8 miles) distant (lat. 9 38' 30" N., long. 

 121 11' 00" E.) ; 929 meters (508 fathoms) ; March 31, 1909; gy. M., 

 co. S. 



Six specimens (Cat. No. E. 311, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5601; Gulf of Tomini, Celebes; Limbe Island 

 (NE.) bearing N., 38.36 kilometers (20.7 miles) distant (lat. 1 13' 

 10" N., long. 125 17' 05" E.) ; 1,398 meters (765 fathoms) ; No- 

 vember 13, 1909; S., Glob., Ptr. 



Thirteen specimens (Cat. No. E. 283, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5602; Gulf of Tomini, Celebes; Gorontalo Pier 

 bearing N., 13.16 kilometers (7.1 miles) distant (lat. 22' 00" N., 

 long. 132 03' 30" E.) ; 1,759 meters (962 fathoms) ; November 14. 

 1909 ; gy. M. 



Three specimens (Cat. Nos. E. 174 [part],E. 175 [part],U.S.N.M.) 



Albatross station 5603; Gulf of Tomini, Celebes; Gorontalo Pier 

 bearing N. 6 W., 10.56 kilometers (5.7 miles) distant (lat. 24' 00" 

 N., long. 123 03' 45" E.) ; 1,469 meters (803 fathoms) ; November 

 15,1909; S. 



