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    PR # 31137                                                                   
     We propose to observe the iron-rich giant elliptical  galaxies NGC761       
     9, 7626, and 2832 to identify the origin of a macroscopic discrepancy       
      between the expected abundance from optical spectroscopy, even with        
     the lowest Type Ia SN enrichment, and what is consistently indicated        
     by the X-ray observations of elliptical galaxies with four different        
     X-ray telescope {\it GINGA, BBXRT, ROSAT}, and {\it ASCA}. Since the        
     {\it ASCA} data available for iron-rich ellipticals are still ristric       
     ted for small number of galaxies, it is of prime importance to increa       
     se sample of galaxies of iron-rich and at the same time having the hi       
     gh $L_X/L_B$ ratio.                                                         
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
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