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the forms from these islands it seems useless to attempt to affix a specific name 
to it. The specimen from Makemo Island is a little larger, but has become 
dried and shrivelled so that its determination is even more uncertain. 
MOSCHITES. 
Moschites Schneider, ‘84, p. 118. 
Eledone Leach, '17, p. 197. 
Moschites Hoyle, :01. 
21. Moschites rotunda. 
Eledone rotunda Hoyle, '86, p. 104, Plate 8, Figs. 4-6. 
Habitat. — Station 3398, off Cape San Francisco; March 23, 1891; lat. 19 7' 
N., long. 80° 21’ W., 1573 fathoms; green ooze ; temperature, surface 84°, 
bottom 36° ; one specimen 9, No. 7951. [H. 44.] 
With some little hesitation I regard this little species as the young ofa 
species discovered by H. M. S. “Challenger” in the Pacific and Southern 
Oceans. The only points of difference are : (1) there is a shallow depression 
in the middle line below, (2) the mantle-opening terminates immediately be- 
low the eye, (3) the umbrella is proportionally better developed, and (4) the 
eyes are comparatively larger, Some of these are known to be characteristies 
of youth, and I do not think that they justify me in creating a new species for 
what is undoubtedly a young: specimen. 
22. Moschites verrucosa. 
Eledone verrucosa Verrill, '81A, p. 105, Plates 5, 6. 
Eledone verrucosa Hoyle, '86, p. 104. 
Habitat. — Station 3393, off Cape Mala; March 10, 1891; lat. 79 15' N., 
long. 799 36' W., 1020 fathoms; green mud; temperature, surface 749, bottom 
36.98; three specimens 9, two badly macerated, No. 7940. [H. 95-97.] 
The only one of these specimens which was in reasonably good condition 
agrees very well with Verrill’s description. The eyes are rather more swollen 
than in his figure, and the tubercles covering them are uniform in size. Ver- 
rill states that in his female they were smaller than in the male, and as the 
present example is only one-third the size of his, this may probably be due to 
incomplete development. 
