22 BULLETIN 82, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



A card catalogue of all the generic and specific names which had been applied to 

 recent crinoids, with annotations, had been prepared, and this was published on 

 August 25. The new matter included is as follows: 



Comatula helianthus, nomen novum, is proposed for Actinometra elongata P. H. 

 Carpenter, 1888, not Comatula elongata J. Miiller, 1849. 



Alecto Leach, 1815 (genotype Alecto horrida, sp. nov.) is not available as a generic 

 name among the comatulids, being based upon an unrecognizable form. 



The type locality of Antedon abyssicola P. H. Carpenter, 1888, is determined as 

 Challenger Station 244. 



Antedon bassett-smithi Bell, 1894, described in the "Spinifera group," really 

 belongs in the "Palmata group." 



Antedon capensis Bell, 1905, described in the " Basicurva group," is identical with 

 Comatula carinata Lamarck, 1816, placed by P. H. Carpenter in the "Milberti 

 group." Some of Bell's original specimens were compared with carinata from Mauri- 

 tius and Zanzibar. Comatula carinata from east Africa varies very little, but speci- 

 mens from the West Indies and Brazil are very variable, expecially in regard to the 

 carination of the arms. Six-rayed individuals also are common in the latter locality. 



Antedon eschrichti var. magellanica Bell, 1882, is in need of redescription; the 

 characters separating it from A. rhomboidea in the Challenger report do not hold. 



Antedon fieldi Bell, 1894, is not recognizable from the description; it certainly does 

 not belong to the "Spinifera group" in which it was described. 



Antedon flavomaculata Bell, 1894, is not recognizable from the description; 

 although described in the "Spinifera group" this is probably a member of the "Pal- 

 mata group," possibly of the "Multicolor group," but certainly not of the "Spinifera 

 group." 



The type locality of Antedon gorgonia de Fre'minville, 1811, is determined as 

 Havre, France. 



Antedon insignis Bell, 1882 = .4. loveni Bell, 1884. 



Antedon loveni Bell, 1882 = A. pumila Bell, 1884. 



Antedon macrodiscus Hara, 1895, is related to A. afra Hartlaub from which, how- 

 ever, it is quite distinct, the length of the lower pinnules being especially remarkable. 

 The author has examined one specimen of each. (This was written before the Owston 

 collection was received.) 



Antedon magnicirra Bell, 1905, was described as standing next to Antedon 

 angustiradia, that is, as belonging to the "Savignyi group"; in reality it belongs to 

 the "Granulifera group," falling in the genus Thalassometra. 



Antedon moorei Bell, 1894, is not recognizable from the published description; 

 it certainly does not belong to the "Spinifera group" in which it was described, but is 

 probably a member of the "Palmata group." 



Antedon sclateri Bell, 1905, was described in the "Savignyi group," but is a mem- 

 ber of the "Granulifera group" closely related to Charitometra inaequalis. 



Antedon Stella A. H. Clark, 1907, is not necessary, for Antedon tenuis P. H. 

 Carpenter, 1887, is a nomen nudum and therefore does not invalidate Antedon tenuis 

 A. H. Clark, 1907. 



