Crinoidea. 457 



H a w k e ; Port Jackson; Watson's Bay and Bottle and Glass 

 Rocks, Port Jackson; B rough ton Islands. 



Depth. Littoral, and down to about 63 meters. 



Notes. The two specimens agree with others at hand from south- 

 eastern Australia belonging to the Australian Museum and to the United 

 States National Museum; the larger has twenty arms 70 mm long; the 

 dorsal pole of the centrodorsal is flat, 3,5 mm in diameter; the cirri are 

 XXV, K') 19 (usually nearer the latter), 11 mm to 13 mm long. The 

 smaller specimen has also twenty arms. 



Species Group Vania A. H. Clark. 

 Comanthus (Vania) anmilata (Bell). 



Literature: See "The recent Crinoids of Australia", and "The Crinoids of the Indian 

 Ocean". 



Localities. Stat. 26, Sharks Bay, Sunday Island; 5 l / 2 meters; 

 rocky bottom, with coral; 17. VI. (1 specimen). ? Vicinity of Perth 

 (4 specimens). 



Further Distribution. H o 1 o t h u r i a Bank; Cape York; Torres 

 Strait; Prince of Wales Channel. Torres Strait (10 30' S. lat., 

 142 18' E. long.); "northwestern Australia"; Bowen and Port 

 D e n i s o n , Queensland; Ceylon; T u t i c o r i n , Madras P r e s i - 

 dency; Atjeh, Burma; Ban da; Tern ate; Tonga Islands; Fiji; 

 Solomon Islands; St. M a t h i a s Island; F r i e d r i c h - W i 1 h e 1 m s - 

 Haven, New Guinea; Philippine Islands. 



Depth. Littoral, and down to 61 metres. 



Notes. The specimen from Stat. 26 has twenty-four arms 105 mm 

 long ; seven of the II Br series are 2, and three are 4 (3 -(- 4) ; two of the 

 III Br series are 2, and two are 4 (3 -f- 4) ; the two III Br 2 series are 

 single, both internal, and both developed on II Br 4 (3 -f- 4) series ; the 

 two III Br 4 (3 + 4) series are on a single II Br 2 series ; the centrodorsal 

 is approximately circular, 3 mm in diameter, flat except for a shallow pit 

 in the center; there are six fully grown cirri and four rudimentary cirri of 

 various lengths; the fully grown cirri are 6 mm long with 1314 segments. 

 The colour is dark brown. 



One of the specimens presumably from the vicinity of Perth has forty- 

 one arms about 90 mm long; two of the IIIBr series are 2, but all the 

 other division series are 4(3 + 4); the centrodorsal is very thin, irregular 

 in shape; there are eleven fully grown and two small cirri, rather irregu- 

 larly placed ; the fully grown cirri are 7 mm long with 13 segments, appear- 

 ing rather small and weak; PD is 21 mm long. The colour, including 

 that of the cirri and the dorsal pole of the centrodorsal, is purplish gray, 



