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as the original label is not with the specimen. It seems highly im- 

 probable that this species occurs in 210 fms. at a temperature of 48.8°. 



Tentacle-scales are either present or absent, generally present on 

 the majority of the pores. The oral papillae are exceedingly variable 

 in number, size, form, and position, so that no reliable specific charac- 

 ter can be based on them. 



Station 3389. Off Panama, 7° 16' 45" N., 79° 56' 30" W., 210 fras. 

 Bott. temp. 48.8°. Gn. m. 



Station 4647. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 4° 33' S., 87° 42' 30" W., 

 2005 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Lt. gy. and br. glob. oz. 



Station 4649. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5° 17' S., 85° 20' W., 

 2235 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stky. gy. m. 



Station 4651. Ill miles west of Aguja Point, Peru; 5° 42' S., 

 83° W. 2222 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stky. gy. m. 

 . Station 4717. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5°11'S., 98° 56' W., 

 2153 fms. Bott. temp. 35.2°. Rd. c, glob. oz. 



Bathymetrical range, 210(?)-2235 fms. Extremes of temperature, 

 48.8°(?)-35.2°. 



Ten specimens. 



Amphiuridae. 

 Ophiactis savignyi. 



Ophiolepis savignyi Mliller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 95. 



Ophiactis savignyi Ljungman, 1867. Ofv. Kongl. vet.-akad. Forh., 23, p. 323. 



The specimens are all young and in no way noteworthy. 

 Panama: Perico Island. 

 Ellice Islands: Funafuti. 

 Gilbert Islands: Taritari. 

 Thirteen specimens. 



Amphiura diomedeae. 



Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, p. 151, pi. 12, fig. 1-7. 



The specimens of this wide-ranging Pacific species are in good 

 condition. The disk-diameters are 8-14 mm. 



Station 3687. Tahiti: off Point Venus, 4.8 miles. 725 fms. 

 Bott. temp.? Vol. s., yl. m. 



Station 4631. Panama: off Mariato Point, 72 miles. 774 fms. 

 Bot. temp. 38°. Gn. s. 



