NOTES. 49 



figure of 8. globator, in P. Z. S., 1880, pi. xli., fig. 2. We have 

 a very large collection of Temnoplurida in the Museum, some 

 hundreds of specimens and several species, and I regret I am not in 

 a position to go into the matter, for notwithstanding the labors of 

 PROFESSORS AGASSIZ, BELL, and other recent writers, the whole 

 family sadly wants revising ; I trust that some of our friends 

 who make the study of the Echini a speciality, will ere long 

 take up this section, we shall be happy to supply specimens 

 of the Australian species. 



SALMACIS GLOBATOE. Agas*. 



I have never been able to obtain a specimen which with any 

 degree of certainty I could refer to this species. The description 

 of PROFESSOR A. AGASSIZ, in the Bevision of the Echini, iii., 

 p. -173-4, will refer to specimens from Port Jackson, except in 

 the remark that "there are no sutured furrows on theactinal side.''' 

 This all depends on the age of the specimen or the variety under 

 consideration, for although there are many well marked varieties 

 among the Port Jackson specimens, yet intermediate forms in all 

 stages may be obtained. From an examination of some hundreds 

 of specimens of all sizes, ages, colors, and forms, from Port 

 Jackson, I feel convinced that the true Salmacis globator of 

 Louis AGASSIZ (Agass. fy Desor, C. R., Ann. des Sc. Nat., ii. (3), 

 p. 859) has yet to be found in Port Jackson, the species here so 

 variable and plentiful has been very properly separated under 

 the name of 8. alexandri by PROFESSOR JEFFREY BELL. See 

 P. Z. S., 1880, p. 433. For the benefit of those who have not 

 the opportunity of consulting the above-mentioned work, the 

 original description is here transcribed : " S. globe/tor, Agass. 

 Petite espece tres renftee. Pores angulaires ires petits. Deux 

 rangees de tubercules sur les aires ambulacraires et sur les inter- 

 ambulacraires" PROFESSOR BELL, loc. cit., p. 432, suggests that 

 "deux" is a misprint for " dowze," but even this will not set 

 matters right, and I can only repeat that I have never yet seen 

 S. globator from the N. S. Wales coast, nor have we at present 

 any specimen in the Museum, from N. S. Wales which will 

 answer either to the original description of AGASSIZ, or to that 

 given by PROFESSOR BELL, or to his fig. 2 on pi. xli. in the 

 P. Z. S. (1880.) 



MESPILIA aLOBULUS. 



Of this species I have not yet seen a New South Wales 

 specimen, but it appears to be not uufrequent on the South 

 Coast, New Caledonia, and Pacific Islands. 



