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southwest coast of Java, Banka Straits, Larantuka, Flores Island, 

 Banda Sea, Baque Isle, twenty-nine Siboga stations in the Dutch 

 East Indies, Java, Borneo, etc. (Koehler) ; Ternate (Pfeffer) ; 

 Amboina (von Martens, de Loriol, Doderlein, Marktanner, 

 Brock); Halmaheira Islands; Philippine Islands: Samboangan 

 Banks, Zebu Reefs (Lyman) ; Cebu (Marktanner, H. L. Clark) ; 

 Pulo Condor, China Sea (Koehler) ; Japan : Pinnacle Island, Bonin 

 Islands, Botel, Tobago, Koshun, Formosa, Riu Kiu Islands, Yaye- 

 yama, Oshima, South Osumi, Kagoshima Gulf (the most northern 

 coastal record in Japan (Matsumoto) ; Japan (H, L. Clark) ; New 

 Guinea: Port Moresby (Bell) ; Sorong (H. L. Clark) ; Salawatti 

 Island, northwest coast of New Guinea (Studer) ; New Guinea 

 (Koehler) ; Ponape and Ualan or Strong's Island, Caroline Islands 

 (H. L. Clark) ; Anchorite Islands, New Hanover, Bismarck Archi- 

 pelago (Studer) ; Torres Straits (Marktanner) ; Mer and Murray 

 Island, Torres Straits (H. L. Clark) ; Port Denison, Queens- 

 land (Bell) ; Shark's Bay, several stations, southwest Australia 

 (Koehler) ; New Caledonia (Koehler) ; Espiritu Santo Island, 

 Tangoa, New Hebrides (Studer) ; New Hebrides (Clark) ; 

 Gilbert Islands or Kingsmill Islands (Lyman, H. L. Clark) ; Ebon 

 or Boston Island, Marshall Islands, Strang's Island, Caroline 

 Islands (H. L. Clark) ; Fiji Islands (Lyman, Marktanner), Viti 

 Levu, Suva Reefs, Nukilan Island and Manuku Islet, Fiji Archi- 

 pelago (H. L. Clark) ; Samoa (Ljungman, Lyman) ; Tonga 

 Islands: Tongatabu, 18 fathoms (Lyman, Koehler, Studer); 

 Society Islands (H. L. Clark, Boone) ; Tahiti (Marktanner) ; 

 Hawaiian Islands (as Sandwich Islands, Koehler). 



Material examined : Two specimens, Teviatoa Reef, Raiatea 

 Island, Society Islands, August 21, 1931, in coral ; one young speci- 

 men from Venus Point Reef, Tahiti, August 15, 1931 ; three speci- 

 mens from Ingham Island, Queensland, October 12, 1931; five 

 specimens from Pago-Pago, Samoa, September 2, 1931 ; two speci- 

 mens, Apia, Samoa, September 2, 1931. 



Technical description : This is one of the large species of 

 littoral ophiurans of the Indo-Pacific. Numerous variations from 

 the typical form of the species have been recorded by several 

 authors. Those of de Loriol, Koehler, and H. L. Clark are of 

 especial interest. The close affinity of scolopendrina and erinaceus 

 has prompted several students to consider them one species. Mr. 

 Clark (1921) and M. Koehler (1922), after careful research. 



