Table A1 : New near-infrared observations Name Sp. Type mV m-M IRAS LRS mJ mH mK mL mN1 mN2 mN3 L dM/dt HD 35601 M1 Ib 7.35 10.39 VII 17 3.02 1.96 1.74 1.27 nd nd nd 1.8 0.3 HD 37536 M2 Iab 6.10 10.22 IIIa3 43 2.16 1.05 0.93 0.51 0.92: 0.33: nd 3.3 0.6 TV Gem M1 Iab 6.58 10.02 II 28 2.10 1.71 0.86 0.66 0.26 nd 2.8 1.4 BU Gem M1 Ia 6.41 11.43 VII 23 2.19 1.16 0.93 0.58 nd nd 10.6 1.2 o CMa K3 Iab 3.84 8.79 VII 1.26 0.65 0.45 0.18 -1.02:-0.58: 3.4 0.2 R Pup G1 O-Ia 6.61 13.41 4.67 4.39 4.16 3.87 5.4 0.2 CD-31 4916 M2 Iab 8.99 12.75 VII 4.73 4.33 3.71 2.83 nd nd nd 3.2 2.8 HD 74180 F0 Ia 3.85 10.85 2.25 1.95 1.81 1.72 7.0 0.2 EV Car M4 Ia 7.71 13.13 IIIa3 2.20 1.25 0.82 0.32 -0.91 -2.46 50.8 6.3 CK Car M3 Iab 7.45 11.32 VII 29 2.65 1.66 1.40 1.03 nd 6.0 4.0 IC 2581 F0 Ia 4.67 12.24 VIa 3.57 3.27 3.15 2.95 1.91: 6.9 0.3 HD 91093 M2 Iab 8.31 12.11 VIb 4.08 1.96 1.66 1.17 0.85 7.0 0.6 CPD-57 3502 M0 Iab 7.44 11.85 VIbw 23 2.91 2.70 2.27 1.99 nd nd nd 4.9 1.0 BO Car M4 Ib 7.55 11.99 VIbc 2.76 1.73 1.40 1.14 nd nd nd 7.8 0.3 IX Car M2 Iab 7.38 11.07 VIbc 27 3.02 2.09 1.74 1.42 nd 3.5 2.0 HD 95687 M2 Iab 7.35 11.47 VIbc 26 2.76 1.87 1.54 1.26 0.38 1.32 5.6 1.4 HD 95950 M2 Ib 6.75 10.36 VIbw 15 2.78 1.85 1.57 1.35 1.9 0.5 HD 97671 M3 Ia 8.39 12.55 IIIa3 26 2.70 1.58 0.97 0.09 0.94: -1.73 28.7 3.5 CD-60 3621 M0 Ib 7.27 11.24 3.71 2.84 2.53 2.26 nd nd nd 1.6 0.4 HD 100930 M2 Iab 7.78 12.52 VII 2.76 2.46 2.10 1.88 0.65 nd nd 9.5 0.4 IC 2944 M2 Ibep+B 8.36 3.37 2.46 2.05 1.69 0.64 1.90 1.0 V396 Cen M4 Ia-Iab 7.85 12.78 IIIa2 25 2.71 1.56 1.11 0.79 0.38 23.0 1.0 HR 5171a G8 O-Ia 6.80 12.6 2.49 1.59 1.07 0.30 -1.68 -2.70 -2.38 39.9 22.4 HD 143183 M3 Ia 7.64 12.24 IIIa3 27 2.01 1.00 0.57 -0.02 -1.25 -2.84 -3.28 32.1 6.3 Table A2 : Near-infrared observations from the literature Name Sp. Type mV m-M IRAS LRS mJ mH mK mL Ref L dM/dt KN Cas M1ep Ib+B 9.51 5.33 4.34 4.00 3.70 1 0.3 Case 23 M1 Iab 10.72 13.11 VII 17 4.55 3.38 2.92 2.52 2 7.9 0.3 HS Cas M4 Iab 9.82 12.76 IIIa1 25 3.98 2.88 2.46 2.05 1 8.5 1.4 V466 Cas M2 Ib 8.65 11.83 4.41 3.53 3.24 3.00 1 1.7 0.2 Phi Cas F0 Ia 4.98 12.01 3.47 3.12 3.10 2.92 3 7.1 0.1 BD+59 274 M0 Ib 8.50 12.00 4.50 3.63 3.31 3.04 1 1.7 0.2 AZ Cas M1 Ib+Be 9.29 VIa 5.28 4.40 4.10 3.81 1 0.3 XX Per M4 Ib+B 8.26 11.94:II 26 3.06 2.21 1.83 1.19 1 6.6 3.8 HD 236947 M2 Iab-Ib 8.72 12.26 4.29 2.99 2.75 4 2.9 0.3 KK Per M2 Iab 7.77 11.39 VII 16 3.37 2.13 1.78 4 3.2 0.8 HD 13658 M1 Iab 8.90 12.30 VII 4.50 3.21 3.00 4 2.7 0.3 BU Per M4 Ib 9.05 11.33 IIIa2 29 3.70 2.24 1.85 4 2.8 2.8 T Per M2 Iab 8.64 12.15 VII 14 3.87 2.58 2.24 4 4.2 0.6 HD 14242 M2 Iab 8.54 11.58 IIIa1 50 3.85 2.56 2.20 4 2.8 0.6 AD Per M3 Iab 7.90 11.59 VII 44 3.28 2.45 1.99 1.65 5 4.2 0.8 FZ Per M1 Iab 7.96 11.62 VII 50 3.81 2.87 2.59 2.18 6 2.7 0.7 PR Per M2 Iab 7.90 11.41 IIIa1 15 3.63 2.36 2.14 4 2.6 0.6 SU Per M3 Iab 7.73 11.85 VII 25 2.76 1.39 1.13 4 8.1 1.2 RS Per M4 Iab 8.57 12.48 VII 26 3.13 2.12 1.73 1.22 6 12.0 3.3 S Per M4 eI 9.56 IIIa2 26 3.14 2.50 1.45 0.55 6 16.2 BD+56 595 M0 Iab 8.10 11.86 3.97 3.09 2.76 2.35 5 2.8 0.0 HD 14580 M0 Iab 8.45 11.96 VII 4.25 3.32 3.02 2.69 5 2.6 0.9 HD 14826 M2 Iab 8.24 11.64 IIIa1 15 3.31 1.96 1.60 4 4.6 0.6 YZ Per M2 Iab 8.20 11.50 VII 27 3.32 2.03 1.64 4 4.1 1.8 GP Cas M2 Iab 9.54 11.61 IIIa1 23 3.53 2.38 1.95 1.5 1 5.4 0.7 W Per M3 Iab 10.39 IIIa 28 3.45 2.00 1.51 4 5.4 alpha Per F5 Ib 1.80 6.07 I 0.75 0.71 0.53 0.60 8 0.2 0.1 WY Gem M2e Iab+B 7.29 VII 01 3.05 2.17 1.86 1.56 1 0.3 sigma CMa M0 Iab 3.46 8.92 I 0.50 -0.49 -0.68 9 2.3 0.2 delta CMa F8 Iab 1.83 9.47 I 18 0.77 0.53 0.42 0.27 10 4.9 0.1 VY CMa M5e Ibp 7.50 VII 24 2.01 0.52 -0.62 -2.52 11 209. RT Car M2 Ia-O 8.36 13.20 VIbc 3.10 3.16 1.82 1.43 12 22.0 4.3 HD 101947 G0 Ia 5.04 12.77 3.55 3.28 3.16 2.97 13 6.6 0.2 alpha Sco M1 Ib 1.08 5.52 I -3.13 -3.77 -3.92 -4.19 14 3.5 0.5 KW Sgr M3 Ia 9.35 12.57 IIIa3 29 2.72 1.81 1.36 0.91 14 27.3 8.5 VX Sgr M4e Ia 7.50 VII 26 1.12 0.16 -0.55 -1.62 15 36.3 Case 49 M2 Iab 11.12 11.57 4.34 3.00 2.50 2.01 1 3.8 0.7 BD+24 3902 M1 Ia 9.00 10.96 VII 26 3.10 2.11 1.60 1.00 1 6.0 2.9 BD+35 4077 M3 Iab 9.77 10.73 23 3.30 2.11 1.61 1.12 1 3.7 0.0 BI Cyg M3 Ia-Iab 9.33 11.02 IIIa1 29 2.35 1.15 0.58 0.02 1 12.7 4.1 BC Cyg M3.5 Ia 9.97 11.53 VIII 1.96 0.79 0.22 -0.44 16 36.1 3.2 KY Cyg M3 Ia 10.57 10.69 IIIa3 3.40 2.13 0.17 -0.46 16 10.7 3.2 RW Cyg M3-4 Iab 8.13 10.36 VII 2.02 0.93 0.48 -0.08 2 7.7 3.3 HD 203338 M1ep Ib+B 5.66 I 18 1.92 1.02 0.75 0.49 1 0.2 mu Cep M2 Iab 4.02 8.61 VII 28 -0.70 -1.53 -1.88 -2.05 2 11.2 1.5 VV Cep M2ep Ia+B 4.90 I 17 1.07 0.21 -0.13 -0.44 9 0.3 ST Cep M2 Ib 8.09 10.84 VII 28 3.16 2.23 1.87 1.35 2 2.6 2.5 U Lac M4 Iab+B 8.70 IIIa3 27 2.90 2.13 1.57 0.77 1 7.2 PZ Cas M4 Ia 8.60 12.00 IIIa1 69 2.42 1.53 1.02 0.39 1 19.9 10.7 TZ Cas M2 Iab 9.23 11.95 IIIa3/2 29 3.44 2.36 1.95 1.37 2 7.2 3.8 Notes : IRAS = Region in the IRAS colour-colour diagram If magnitude = nd : observed but not detected L in 1E4 Lsun dM/dt in 1E-9 Msun/yr References: 1 = Lee T.A., 1970ApJ...162..217L 2 = Kenyon S.J., 1988AJ.....96..337K 3 = Voelcker K., 1975A&AS...22....1V 4 = Johnson H.L., Mendoza V.E.E., 1966AnAp...29..525J 5 = Johnson H.L., 1965CoLPL...3...73J 6 = Tapia M., Roth M., Marraco H., Ruiz M.T., 1988MNRAS.232..661T 7 = Ney E.P., Merrill K.M., 1980, AFGL-TR-80-0050 ; 8 = Noguchi K., Kawara K., Kobayashi Y., et al., 1981PASJ...33..373N 9 = Johnson H.L. et al., 1966CoLPL...4...99J, Cat. II/5 10 = The P.S., Wesselius P.R., Janssen I.M.H.H., 1986A&AS...66...63T 11 = Hyland A.R. et al., 1969ApJ...158..619H 12 = Tapia M., Roth M., Marraco H., Ruiz M.T., 1988MNRAS.232..661T 13 = Welch D.L., Wieland F., McAlary C.W. et al., 1984ApJS...54..547W 14 = Thomas J.A., Hyland A.R., Robinson G., 1973MNRAS.165..201T 15 = Hyland A.R. et al., Neugebauer G., 1972A&A....16..204H 16 = Frogel J.A. et al., 1978ApJ...220...75F Table A3 : New millimeter observations Name Line rms Tmb Imb Vlsr Vexp RS Per CO(1-0) 0.023 RS Per CO(2-1) 0.041 S Per CO(1-0) 0.025 S Per CO(2-1) 0.035 0.27 8.3 -38.4 19.8 S Per HCN(1-0) 0.010 S Per SO(6-5) 0.047 W Per CO(1-0) 0.012 W Per CO(2-1) 0.018 0.05 2.0 -40.0 20.0 W Per HCN(1-0) 0.012 W Per SO(6-5) 0.063 VY CMa CO(1-0) 0.040 0.25 18.8 19.2 37.3 VY CMa CO(2-1) 0.039 1.60 105.0 20.8 42.2 VY CMa HCN(1-0) 0.033 0.30 18.9 19.3 36.3 VY CMa SiO(3-2) 0.008 0.63 32.2 21.4 49.6 VY CMa SO(6-5) 0.059 1.74 107.0 23.2 43.8 EV Car * CO(1-0) 0.018 a EV Car * HCN(1-0) 0.014 EV Car * SiO(3-2) 0.006 0.02 0.5 17.9 18.4 HD 95687 * CO(2-1) 0.309 a HD 95687 * SiO(3-2) 0.007 IX Car * CO(1-0) 0.025 a IX Car * SiO(3-2) 0.007 CK Car * CO(1-0) 0.029 a CK Car * SiO(3-2) 0.006 CPD-57 3502* CO(1-0) 0.427 a CPD-57 3502* SiO(3-2) 0.005 RT Car * CO(1-0) 0.059 a RT Car * SiO(3-2) 0.006 HR 5171a * CO(1-0) 0.029 a HR 5171a * SiO(3-2) 0.005 ~0.01 ~ 0.19 41. alpha Sco CO(1-0) 0.036 alpha Sco CO(2-1) 0.039 KW Sgr * CO(1-0) 0.076 a KW Sgr * HCN(1-0) 0.016 a KW Sgr * SiO(3-2) 0.008 VX Sgr HCN(1-0) 0.014 BI Cyg CO(1-0) 0.072 BI Cyg CO(2-1) 0.030 KY Cyg CO(1-0) 0.034 KY Cyg CO(2-1) 0.044 RW Cyg CO(1-0) 0.028 RW Cyg CO(2-1) 0.029 RW Cyg HCN(1-0) 0.015 RW Cyg SO(6-5) 0.064 mu Cep CO(1-0) 0.014 mu Cep CO(2-1) 0.021 0.15 5.0 30.0 30.0 mu Cep HCN(1-0) 0.013 mu Cep SO(6-5) 0.012 0.06 < 5. U Lac CO(1-0) 0.020 U Lac CO(2-1) 0.029 PZ Cas CO(1-0) 0.027 PZ Cas CO(2-1) 0.044 0.60 17.9 -50.0 30.0 PZ Cas HCN(1-0) 0.011 PZ Cas SO(6-5) 0.046 Notes : *: the star was observed with the SEST. Otherwise, it was observed with the IRAM-30m. a: interstellar contamination Tmb in K ; Imb in K.km/s ; Vlsr and Vexp in km/s