339 



1900. N. of Stewart-Island .... i:>H fnis. Clay with stones 2 specimens. 



1900. Fleming-Inlet 118 — Clay 1 — 



I have after due consideration drawn in the present form 



as a variety under Ästarte crenata Gray — Frie le felt in 



1879 (1. c.) inclined to consider it as a dwarf form of A. crenata, 



he has however as late as 1902 kept it under the specific 



name : Astarte acuticostata. 



Astarte crenata Gray was previously taken at Shannon-Island, 

 30 fms. (Möbius 1. с. p. 252, s. п. A. crebricostata). Moreover 

 in the following locahties by the К olth off-Expedition of 1900: 

 the mouth of Franz Joseph-Fjord, 106 — 158 Vs fms., mud 

 (1 specimen); off Mackenzie-Bay, 58 fms., mud (10 specimens); 

 72''25'N. 17°56'W., ca. 160 fms., stones and sand (12 speci- 

 mens); SE. of Pendulum-Island, 74° 35' N. 18° 15' W., 79 fms., 

 mud and stones (2 specimens) (Hägg 1. с. p. 36). 



Astarte sulcata da Costa. 



1900. Off Angmagsalik 140 fms. 1 valve. 



The species was previously taken off Greenland's south- 

 east-coast. First by Nordenskiöld's Expedition of 1883 at 

 depths of 25 — 40 fms. (4 specimens) and 130 fms. (several spe- 

 cimens); the ground consisted of clay with stones in both 

 places. Next it was taken by the I n golf-Expedition of 1896 

 on sandy ground at a depth of 204 fms.; the bottom-tempe- 

 rature was 4° 1 C. (1 specimen). 



The form of Ästarte sulcata which occurs at the south- 

 eastern Greenland is comparatively close-ribbed and of a maximum 

 length of 23 mm. 



Astarte ellvptica Brown. 



(= A. compressa (L.?) G. 0. Sars.) 



1899. Tasiusak. 20-30 fms. Stony ground 



4 specim. (2 empty). 

 1 902. Tasiusak 30—50 — 5 — 



