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In a paper on the crinoids of the Leyden Museum published in 1911 I recorded 

 Comanthus parvicirra from the Indian Ocean, Ceram, Timor, and Solor. The speci- 

 men from the Indian Ocean is in reality C. timorensis, while those from Timor are the 

 types of that form. Those from Ceram and Solor represent O. parvicirra. In an 

 appendix to this paper Dr. R. Horst listed Comanthus parvicirra from Atjeh, this 

 record referring to a specimen which I had failed to mention. This is the specimen 

 which was recorded from Atjeh by Hartlaub in 1891 and represents C. timorensis 

 as here understood. 



In a paper on the crinoids of the Paris Museum published in 1911 I recorded and 

 gave notes upon specimens of C. parvicirra from the Australian seas and Cape Baudin, 

 from Vavao, Cape St. Andre", Madagascar, and from New Caledonia. 



In a memoir on the crinoids of Australia (1911)1 gave a revised synonymy of this 

 species, adding Bell's Actinometra cumingii from Port Molle and Actinometra variabilis 

 (in part) from northwest Australia [Bassett-Smith Bank, 9 fathoms]. Notes were 

 given on 2 specimens from Port Molle and 1 from the New Hebrides in the Australian 

 Museum, and a specimen from Fremantle in the British Museum was recorded. 

 The confusion in regard to Lamarck's Comatula rotalaria was explained, Miiller's 

 Alecto wahlbergii was said to be very distinct from parvicirra and much more like C. 

 trichoptera, and Carpenter's Actinometra meyeri and Bell's Actinometra annulata, of 

 both of which I had seen the types in the previous year, were said to be in reality the 

 same as Carpenter's Actinometra valida. 



In a report on the crinoids collected by the Hamburg southwest Australia expedi- 

 tion in 1905 which was published in 1911 a summary of the occurrence of this species 

 in Australia, with special reference to the west coast, was given. 



In a short paper on the species of Comissia which appeared in 1911 the 10-armed 

 specimen described and figured by Chadwick was identified as a species of that 

 genus. 



In a paper on the comatulids of the Berlin Museum published in 1912, 7 lots of 

 specimens, each from a different locality, were recorded. The specimen from Batjan 

 tvas included by error. It is the same as that recorded from Batjan (No. 3) under 

 Comanthus annulata ( = timorensis) just above. 



The specimens in the Hamburg Museum were described in another paper pub- 

 lished in 1912, wherein 8 lots were listed. The 4 specimens from Peru are described 

 in detail. They properly represent Comanthus samoana and not C. parvicirra. I 

 again remarked that the Peru in this case might be Peru or Francis Island in the 

 Gilbert (Kingsmill) group and added that Professors Pfeffer and Michaelsen told me 

 that the specimens collected by Vierau form part of a very old collection and that 

 the localities as given are unreliable. 



In my monograph of the crinoids of the Indian Ocean published in 1 91 2 a complete 

 synonymy of this species is given which, as in the case of the previous synonymies, 

 includes timorensis and a few other references to the same type. 



Specimens are recorded from 8 new localities. Three of the 10 from Galle and 

 that from Port Blair are referable to timorensis rather than to parricirra. A list of 

 the known localities is given. The specimens from "Australia" and Samoa are in 

 reality Comanthus samoana. Those from Mortlock Island, Batjan and Lombock 



