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LocalUi/: — " .Si))(),u;;i " St;it. iCA, ne;ir Kofi.-ui T. in ilic MoliicL-as, mid 

 "Siboga" Stilt. 28(J, near Uio eask;m t3ud of Tiinur (Sluitek : Ol) ; yagami 

 Sea. 



(ioiiiis Paelopatides Tiikel 188(i. 

 2. I'nc/ojui tides appendicnlata Tiieel. 



PudopailJcs apiicndiculala Theel ISISGh, p. l")iS. 

 '} Paelopatides purpzirco-jnmdtd us Sluitee lOOli'', p. -IH. 



Speciiuuus exiuniiie-.l : — o individuals from Siirnya Bay, 7(l(» Ai/'o. Collector 

 Aoki, Juiio 3, 1905. (Hci. Coll., Spec. Nos. 1.579—1581). 



Tliis is u voiy striking species. I S!i\v many specimens 

 brought up in the (hvdge on tlie " Albatross," when 1 had the priv- 

 ilege of Iteing on board lier, during her expedition in tlic Saganii 

 and Suruga 8eas. It is very large, later measurements showing 

 it to be about 'I'l cm. long and l"-' cm. limad, and about as 

 much in height. While it was one of the commonest among 

 the spoils of the " Albatross," I ha<l never srL'U one, or a 

 piece of one, brought n\> by tlie long line, on which we depended 

 mostly for deep-sea forms. It was only by his ililigence and 

 resourcefulness that Kum.v Aoki succeedt'd at last, in .hme 190.3. 

 in liringing up some specimens of this species with a dredge 

 at the same place in which he oljtained Eiuipniasica cximia 



TlIEEL. 



While it is snch a striking form, it is one of tlie iiardi'sl 

 forms to identify, owing to two circumstances: (1) the total 

 absence of any calcareous spicules and of the calcareous ring, and 

 (•_') the dilliculty of preserving the specimens in anything 

 like the original siiape. The skin comes ofl' almost entirely in 



