5 a 



.„., . the anterior angle sharp, the anterior sides concave, the 



of the IHr, with which they make an obtuse angle. 

 120 mm. long; ;ill the division series are 4 (3 - t 4); thcre are 

 ,l ir ,.,. [|B, ree of which are internal, the fourth external at the 



i division series are narrow so that a large amount <>| perisome 



.v. this is protected by numerous irregular calcareous plates. 



n:n. long, stout basally and tapering rapidly in the proximal third, more 



ut onward, witli 38 segments; the terminal comb is borne on the lasl 



omposed of low rounded teeth which become o on the three 



is much shorter than I', a nd proportionately less stout, though similar; 



niciits and is io mm. long; the comb consists of nine teeth of which the 



•n.ill; there are no teeth. on the three or four terminal segments. I' is smal! 



- mm. long with 23 segments. I', is slightly smaller and more slender than I' , 



mm. long, with only a rudimentarj comb. 1' is 5.5 mm. long composed of 17 segments, 



without .1 comb; it is verv slightly stouter than the two preceding pinnules and tapers more 



nly to the very delicate ti|>. The following ])innules are similar. The distal pinnules are very 



Ier, 8 mm. long with 17 segments, 



The colour is gravish brown, the cirri yellowish. 



The specimen from Stat. 299 is a magniticent typical example of the species with ahout 

 ij.' arms [80 mm. long; the cirri are about XL, 26—28, 35 mm. to 40 mm. long, typically 

 stout and smooth; all of the arms are grooved. 



The individual from Banda is similar with about 80 arms which are about 180 mm. 

 long; the cirri are XXI, 27 — 32, 35 mm. to 45 mm. long; 011e of the III Br series is 1, and 

 ■ are 2 . all the other division series are 4 (3 -f 4). 



2. Comanthus (Ceno/ia) samoana A. II. Clark. 



1'. II. CARPENTER. "Challcn^er" Reports. Comatulae, 188S, p. 338 (Actinometra parvicirra, part). 

 .\. II. CLARK. Proc. U. S. National Museum, vol. 37, 1909, p. 30 {Comanthus [Comanthus] samoana). 



Buil. du mus. <fhist. nat. de Paris, 10.11, X" 4, p. 24S. 



- Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 9, 191 2, N° 1 , p. 82 (Comanthus [Bennettia] samoana). 



Crinoids of the Indian Ocean, 1912, p. 95. 



— Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 60, 1912, N" 10, p. 9. 

 Proc. U. S. National Museum, vol. 43, 191 2, p. 391. 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 61, 1912, N" 15, p. 17. 

 Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, vol. 4, 1913, Lief. 6, p. 309. 

 II. I.. Clark. Carnegie [nstitution of Washington Publication N°2I2, 1915, p. 103 {Comanthus 

 samoanum). 

 t. 50. Bay of Badjo, western coast of Flores. Down to 40 Metres. 1 Ex. 



• Between Loslos and Broken Islands, western coast of Salawatti. 18 Metres. 1 Ex. 

 Stat. 200. Huka or Cyrus Bay, southern coast of Rotti Island. 34 Metres. 1 Ex. 



Tl nen from Stat. 50 lias 20 arms 80 mm. long; all the IIBr series are present, 



That from Stat. 162 is small with 13 arms about 40 mm. long. and is undergoing 

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