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Albatross station 5221; between Marinduque and Luzon; San 

 Andreas Island (W.) bearing S. 27° E., 10.19 kilometers (5.5 miles) 

 distant (lat. 13° 38' 15" N., long. 121° 48' 15" E.) ; 353 meters (193 

 fathoms) ; April 24, 1908 ; gn. M. 



One specimen (Cat. No. 41087, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5257; southern Mindanao, eastern Illana Bay; 

 Utara Point, Bongo Island, bearing N. 88° W., 14.27 kilometers (7.7 

 miles) distant (lat. 7° 22' 12" N., long. 124° 12' 15" E.) ; 51 meters 

 (28 fathoms) ; May 22, 1908 ; M. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 83, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5265; Verde Island Passage and Batangas Bay; 

 Matocot Point, Luzon, bearing S. 17° E., 6.12 kilometers (3.3 miles) 

 distant (lat. 13° 41' 15" N., long. 120° 00' 50" E.) ; 247 meters (135 

 fathoms) ; June 6, 1908 ; S., M. 



Several specimens. 



Albatross station 5373; Marinduque Island and vicinity; Tayabas 

 Light (outer) bearing N. 20° E., 27.80 kilometers (15 miles) distant 

 (lat. 13° 40' 00" N., long. 121° 31' 10" E.) ; 618 meters (338 

 fathoms) ; March 2, 1909 ; sft. M. 



Two specimens (Cat. No. E. 84, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5391; between Samar and Masbate; Tubig Point 

 (Destacado Island) bearing N. 31° E., 5.56 kilometers (3 miles) dis- 

 tant (lat. 12° 13' 15" N., long. 124° 05' 03" E.) ; 216 meters (118 

 fathoms) ; March 13, 1909. 



Three specimens (Cat. Nos. E. 85, E. 87, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5392; between Samar and Masbate; Tubig Point 

 bearing N. 49° E., 9.26 kilometers (5 miles) distant (lat. 12° 12' 35" 

 N., long. 124° 02' 48" E.) ; 247 meters (135 fathoms) ; March 13, 

 1909 ; gn. M., S. 



Two specimens (Cat. Nos. 41084, 41086, U.S.N.M.). 



Albatross station 5420; between Cebu and Bohol; Cruz Point 

 (Bohol) bearing S. 20° E., 11.1 kilometers (6 miles) distant (lat. 

 9° 49' 35" N., long. 123° 45' 00" E.) ; 231 meters (127 fathoms) ; 

 March 25, 1909. 



One specimen (Cat. No. E. 88, U.S.N.M.). 



Notes. — Duncan's description was based upon specimens from the 

 Korean Straits in 25 fathoms; it is fairly complete, but the figures 

 which accompany it are quite unsatisfactory and scarcely permit the 

 recognition of the species. Since the publication of Duncan's mem- 

 oir, OpMothrix koreana does not appear to have been seen again 

 until 1911. Brock in 1888, without giving evidence in support of 

 his assertion, suggested that O. koreana is a synonym of O. comata 

 ('88, p. 511, 512, 515) ; but it is certain that the OpMothrix con- 

 sidered by Brock as an O. comata did not at all conform to Midler 



