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of Edinburgh, Session 1883 - 84 . 
Station 54. Lat. 59° 56' K, long. 6° 27' W. 363 fathoms. 
Temp. 31° *4 F. One specimen. 
Station 55. Lat. 60“ 4' N., long. 6° 19' W. 605 fathoms. 
Temp. 29° -8 F. Two specimens. 
Station 74. Lat. 60° 39' K, long. 3° 9' W. 203 fathoms. 
Temp. 47° '6 F. Three specimens. 
1870. Station 17 a. Lat. 39° 39' N., long. 9°39' W. 740 
fathoms. Tem23. 49° ’3 F. One specimen. 
Remarks . — This species occurs in profusion at moderate depths off 
the ISTew England coast, over 10,000 individuals having been ob- 
tained by the “ Fish Hawk ” at a single haul. It is also abundant 
at moderate depths off ^s^’ew Jersey, near the locality (Great Egg 
Harbour, l^.J.) whence Say’s original specimens were obtained ; and 
it agrees so well with his description of A7it. dentata, that the 
identity of the two can hardly be doubted.* The adoption of his 
specific name thus becomes inevitable, however undesirable this 
may seem to European naturalists, who have been so long accus- 
tomed to associate the type with the name of a deservedly honoured 
Norwegian zoologist. 
Sir Wyville Thomson gave no definite list of stations for this 
species, though he mentioned the occurrence of more or less com- 
plete specimens or fragments in nearly every one of the deep hauls 
of the dredge from the Eaeroe Islands to Gibraltar. So far as I am 
aware, its southernmost liuiit in the East Atlantic, and also its lowest 
bathymetrical range are at present united in Station Via of the 
“Porcupine,” 1870; 740 fathoms. It was obtained at 605 
fathoms in the “cold area” in the previous year; but the U.S. 
Fish Commission have not dredged it below 238 fathoms off the 
New England coast. 
Sir Wyville Thomson stated that one or two small examples of 
the pentacrinoid were procured in the Eaeroe channel. Only one, 
however, has come into my hands. It is a trifle more advanced 
than that represented by Sars in figs. 9 and 11 on Tab. Y. of his 
classical Memolres. The arms are longer, with the first pinnule 
on about the twelfth joint. There is, however, but one cirrus, 
which seems to be the only one as yet developed, though it is of 
considerable size, reaching up to the level of the radial axillaries. 
* See Verrill, Am. Journ. Set., vol. xxiii. p. 222. 
