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Albatross station 5377; Marinduque Island and vicinity; Mompog 

 Island (E.) bearing N. 55° W., 16.68 kilometers (9 miles) distant 

 (lat. 13° 26' 00" N., long. 122° 19' 00" E.) ; 732 meters (400 fath- 

 oms) ; March 4, 1909 ; sft. gn. M. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 73, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5423; Jolo Sea; Cagayan Island (S.) bearing S. 

 11° E., 8.89 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. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 76, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5424; Jolo Sea; Cagayan Island (S.) bearing S. 

 11° W., 6.30 kilometers (3.4 miles) distant (lat. 9° 37' 05" N., long. 

 121° 12' 37" E.) ; 622 meters (340 fathoms) ; March 31, 1909; co. S. 



One specimen. 



Albatross station 5444; east coast of Luzon; San Bernardino Strait 

 to San Miguel Bay; Atalaya Point, Batag Island, bearing S. 65° E., 

 9.45 kilometers (5.1 miles) distant (lat. 12° 43' 51" N., long. 124° 

 58' 50" E.) ; 563 meters (308 fathoms) ; June 3, 1909; gn. M. 



Six specimens (Cat. Nos. E. 72, E. 77, U.S.N.M.). 

 ■Albatross station 5510; northern Mindanao and vicinity; Camp 

 Overton Light bearing S. 68° E., 16.86 kilometers (9.1 miles) distant 

 (lat. 8° 16' 00" N.,long. 124° 03' 50" E.) ; 774meters (423 fathoms) ; 

 August 7, 1909 ; gy. M., f ne. S. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 74, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5511; northern Mindanao and vicinity; Camp 

 Overton Light bearing S. 80° E., 28.35 kilometers (15.3 miles) distant 

 (lat. 8° 15' 20" N., long. 123° 57' 00" E.) ; 750 meters (410 fathoms) ; 

 August 7, 1909 ; gy. M., S. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 68, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5656 ; Gulf of Boni, Celebes ; Olang Point bearing 

 N. 67° W., 26.87 kilometers (14.5 miles) distant (lat. 3° 17' 40" S.> 

 long. 120° 36' 45" E.) ; 885 meters (484 fathoms) ; December 19, 

 1909 ; gy. M. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 75, U.S.N.M.). 



Description. — I shall describe this species on the basis of one of 

 the specimens from station 5123. which is represented in figure 8 on 

 plate 25, as well as from the specimen from station 5219, which is 

 represented in figures 6, 7. I also give photographs of the individ- 

 uals from station 5656 (pi. 25, figs. 1, 2), as well as of the ventral 

 surface of one of those from station 5444 (fig. 3) and another from 

 station 4523 (figs. 4, 5) ; one of the young specimens from station 

 5187, in which the diameter of the disk is only 4 mm., is figured on 

 plate 24 (figs. 7, 8). 



