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Mention was made of the capture of enormous numbers of Antedon eschrichtii var. 

 maxima, and Lamarck's name Comatula was reinstated in place of Actinometra as 

 used by P. H. Carpenter and all subsequent authors. 



While the paper just mentioned dealt with forms belonging to the Elegans, 

 Eschrichti, and Tenella groups of Carpenter, the new species described in the second 

 paper were mainly members of the Acoela, Basicurva, Spinifera, and Palmata groups 

 of Carpenter, and of the Multicolor group, a new group formed for the reception of 

 species related to Antedon discoidea but "bidistichate," that is, with IIBr 2 series; 

 in addition to these there were included three 10-armed species with no pinnule on 

 the "third brachial" (the epizygal of the first syzygial pair), another species of the 

 Elegans group, and three species of Comatula. A species of Comatula and another 

 of Atelecrinus were renamed. 



In the key to the new species described, Antedon quinquecostata is inserted for 

 comparison with A. diadema. The species referred to is a Japanese form, which 

 subsequently proved to be the fully grown of A. diadema. 



The colors of the various species in life receive especial attention. 



The new species and new names appearing in this paper are : 



Antedon multicolor. Antedon diadema. 



Antedon versicolor. Antedon aster. 



Antedon propinqua. Antedon albofava. 



Antedon separata. Antedon ruber. 



Antedon flavopurpurea. Antedon diomedeae. 



Antedon callista. Antedon tigrina. 



Antedon anthus. Antedon bowersi. 



Antedon macropoda. Antedon abbotti. 



Antedon hana. Antedon stylifer. 



Antedon villosa. Antedon delicatissima. 



Antedon pubescens. Antedon rubroflava. 



Antedon hepburniana. Antedon thetis. 



Antedon lata. Antedon hawaiiensis. 



Antedon scalaris. Comatula mariae. 



Antedon garrettiana. Comatula solaster. 



Antedon orion. Comatula serrata. 



Antedon minor. Comatula orientalis (new name). 

 Atelecrinus pourtalesi (new name). 



Of the 33 new species described, all were collected by the Albatross in 1906, 

 except Antedon tigrina, from the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition ; 

 A. abbotti, received from Dr. W. L. Abbott; A. thetis, collected by the Albatross in 

 1900; and A. hawaiiensis, collected by the Albatross in 1891. 



On October 29 two papers appeared. The first contained descriptions of four 

 new comatulids from southern Japan and the description of a new stalked crinoid 

 from Kamchatka, all collected by the Albatross in 1900. On the 1900 cruise the 

 Albatross collected about 300 crinoids on the southern Japanese coast, mostly in the 

 vicinity of Sagami Bay, which were assigned to Dr. Hubert Lyman Clark for study 

 and report. When in Cambridge in the summer of 1 907 I told him that I was engaged 



