70 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



The arms bear annulations of a rather light brown separated by 

 lighter and longer bands. 



OPHIOTRETA EXIMIA (Koehler). 



Plate 8, figs. 5, 6 ; plate 93, fig. 7. 



Ophiacantha eximia Kcehleb ('04), p. 116, pi. 21, figs. 3-5. 

 OpMotreta eximia H. L. Clabk ('15), p. 216. 



Localities. — Albatross station 5423; Cagayan Island (S.) bearing 

 S. 11° E., 8.49 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. 



Two specimens (Cat. No. E. 147, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5605; Gulf of Tomini, Celebes; Dodepo Island 

 (W.) bearing N. 14° W., 10.9 kilometers (5.9 miles) distant (lat. 

 0° 21' 33" N., long. 121° 34' 10" E.) ; 1,183 meters (647 fathoms) ; 

 November 16, 1909. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 148, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5606; Gulf of Tomini, Celebes; Dodepo Island 

 (W.) bearing N. 3° W., 20.01 kilometers (10.8 miles) distant (lat. 

 0° 16' 28" N., long. 121° 33' 30" E.) ; 1,525 meters (834 fathoms) ; 

 November 17, 1909 ; gn. M. 



Two specimens (Cat. No. E. 149, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5618; Molucca Passage; Mareh Island bearing 

 S. 69° E., 14.45 kilometers (7.8 miles) distant (lat, 0° 37' 00" N., 

 long. 127° 15' 00" E.) ; 763 meters (417 fathoms) ; November 27, 

 1909. 



One specimen (Cat. No. 41100, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5619; Molucca Passage; Mareh Island. (S.) bear- 

 ing S. 78° E., 12.97 kilometers (7 miles) distant (lat. 0° 35' 00" N., 

 long. 127° 14' 40" E.) ; 796 meters (435 fathoms) ; November 27, 

 1909 ; f ne. gy. S., M. 



One specimen (Cat. No. 41099, U-S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5648; Buton Strait; North Island (S.) bearing 

 N. 87° E., 18.90 kilometers (10.2 miles) distant (lat. 5° 35' 00" S., 

 long. 122° 20' 00" E.) ; 1,022 meters (559 fathoms) ; December 16, 

 1909 ; gn. M. 



Six specimens (Cat. Nos. E. 57, E. 150, U.S.N.M.). 



Notes. — In the specimens from station 5648 the diameter of the 

 disk reaches from 17 mm. to 18 mm., and the arms are more than 120 

 mm. long. 



I described this species from specimens discovered by the Siboga 

 among the Sunda Islands at depths varying between 724 and 1,788 

 meters (396 to 978 fathoms). The individuals collected by the 



