very evident synarthry; IIIBr 2: IVBr 2, but 

 irregular in occurrence; 36 arms about 100 mm. 

 long; cirri XX — XXII, 16 — 18, 13 mm. to 

 IS mm. long; cirrus segments from the ii th or 

 i2 th onward bearing just proximal to the middle 

 a rounded dorsal tubercle in addition to the 

 sharp subterminal tubercle ; terminal combs occur 

 on most of the genital pinnules as well as on 

 many of the distal pinnules (Tawi Tawi 



group, Philippinelslands) taviana 



f- elements of the IBr and IIIBr series united by 

 pseudosyzygy or syzygy as usual; 37 arms 85 

 mm. long; cirri XXVII, 15 — 17, 12 mm. to 



15 mm. long (Kei Islands) pulcher 



e 3 10 — 11 cirrus segments; 40 arms 60 mm. to 70 mm. 

 long; cirri S mm. long (And-a man Islands to 

 the Lesser Sunda Islands, the A r u Islands 



and the Moluccas) parvus 



d 3 30 — 33 arms 



e 1 24 — 25 cirrus segments; cirri long and stout, only 

 gently curved distally, nearly one third of the arm 

 lensrth ; colour white, with lines and bands of violet 

 (Lesser Sunda to the Philip pin e Islands) . delicata 

 e 3 9 — 13 cirrus segments; cirri very short and strongly 

 curved, not more than one seventh of the arm length ; 

 colour yellow or yellow brown 



f 1 longest cirrus segments (4 th ) about- twice as 

 long as broad ; cirri VIII — XXIII, 9 — 1 3 ; 30 — 33 

 arms 80 mm. to 100 mm. long (Lesser Sunda 

 and Kei Islands to the M oluccas and 



the Philippine Islands) distincta 



f 3 longest cirrus segments (3 vd and 4 th ) three 

 times as long as broad; cirri XV, 10 ; 30 arms 

 (southern Japan) serrata 



1. Comaster novaeguineae (J. Muller). 



J. Muller. Archiv für Naturgesch., 1841, I, p. 146 [Alecto novae- guineae). 



LOVEN. Ofversigt k. Vetensk.-Akad. Förhandl., 1866, N° 9, p. 231, fig. p. 220, a—h [Pha- 



nogenia typicd). 

 HERKLOTS. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Afl. 13, 1869, p. 11, pi. 10 [Comatula novae-guineaé). 

 Lütken. Cat. Mus. Godeflïoy, vol. 5, 1874, p. 190 {Actinometra stellata; nomen nudum). 

 P. H. CARPENTER. Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. 28, 1879, p. 390 {Actinometra stellata). 



