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Cape Cantin on the Morocco coast ; and again in 1435 metres 

 between the Canaries and Cape Verd Islands *. 



Its discovery in the neighbourhood of Madeira somewhat in- 

 creases its geograpliical range to the westward, and it is probably 

 pretty generally distributed in the North Atlantic east of the 

 meridian of 20°, betw^een the parallels of 20*^ and 45° JST. latitude. 

 Curiously enough, however, neither it nor any Comatulae were 

 obtained by the ' Challenger ' in any of the dredgings round the 

 Azores, Canaries, or Cape Verd Islands. The ' Talisman ' 

 dredged Comatulse in the neighbourhood of each group at 

 various depths, down to 2300 metres ; but her explorations in 

 the Sargasso Sea seem to have been as unproductive of Crinoids 

 as those of the ' Challenger.' 



2. ANTEDOif LTTSiTAKiCA, Carpenter. (See the Eeport on the 

 Comatulse, Zool. Chall. Exp. vol. xxvi. 1888, p. 109, pi. xxxix. 

 figs. 1-3.) 



Three examples of this species were obtained by Mr. Johnson 

 from the Brazilian cable, thus extending its geographical range 

 very considerably. The originals of tlie type were dredged by 

 the 'Porcupine' in 740 fatlioms off Cape Carvoeiro, together 

 with some fragments of Pentacrinus Wyville-TJwmsoni ; and the 

 renewed association of these two species on the cable near 

 Madeira is therefore of interest. I think it very probable that 

 the Comatulse obtained by the 'Talisman' in depths of about 

 1200 metres off the Azores and Canaries, in 2200 metres off 

 Agadir, and in 2330 metres near the Cape Verd Islands may 

 belong to this deep-sea type. The former, however, might 

 possibly also include Antedon plialangium, which is now known 

 to extend down to at least 500 fathoms. 



AH Mr. Johnson's three specimens of Antedon Jusitanica are 



* It is much to be regretted that so h'ttle has yet been pubhshed respecting 

 the results of the numerous dredgings made bj the ' Talisman ' in this portion 

 of the Atlantic, during the summer of 1883. A brief, but useful epitome of 

 the cruise has been given by the Marquis de Folin, in a small volume entitled 

 " Sous les Mers " (Pai-is, 1887), from which I have obtained the data respecting 

 the stations at which Orinoids were dredged, to which reference is made above. 

 But the publication of the detailed reports on the various groups seems likely 

 to be even longer delayed than were those of the ' Challenger ' ; for the work is 

 entirely in the hands of a small number of French naturalists, who have no 

 special knowledge of many of the groups ou which they are reporting. 



