DRUMMOND S SEA-CUCUMBEB. 



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HOLOTUVR1ADJE. 



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DRUMMOND'S SEA-CUCUMBER. 



Cucumaria Drummondii. Thompson. 



Specific Character. — Olivaceous and white, with light brown suckers ; ten- 

 tacula long, pedicled, trifid, plumose, purple. 



Holothuria Drummondii, Thompson, An. Nat. Hist. vol. V. p. 100. (April 



1840.) 



Dr. Dritmmond, one of the excellent naturalists who 

 domicile in Belfast, and author of several interesting works 

 and important papers on various departments of natural 

 history, drew up the following description of this species, 

 which Mr. Thompson has dedicated to its discoverer, from 

 the living animal found by him in Belfast Bay : — " Bangor, 

 June 27, 1839. Holothuria dredged yesterday, of an 



