BULLETIN OF THE 



Holothuria Verrilli, n. sp. 



The following description applies to the specimen dredged at St. Vincent. 

 The body is ovate. The tentacles, probably twenty, are drawn inside the 

 body. The anibulacral appendages consist of small pedicels, scattered over 

 the body ; they are rather distant on the greater part of the ventral middle 

 line, and more closely packed along the lateral ventral ambulacra, and espe- 

 cially on the posterior portion of the ventral surface. They are not arranged 

 in rows. The integument is very rough from numerous crowded tables, 

 which are of varying size, some being very solid and robust, others of a more 

 delicate structure. The rounded or angular disks of the tables are always 

 pierced with a large central hole, surrounded by a single or several crowns of 

 peripheral holes. The spire is, as a rule, built up of four rods and one or two 

 transverse beams, and terminates usually in four rather long teeth, each pro- 

 vided with spines of considerable size ; the spire is rarely built up of more 

 than four rods. The specimen is whitish. The interior structure does not 

 present any differences from that usual in other species of this genus. 



The variations with regard to the tables appear to be considerable. In two 

 of the specimens from Dominica, the spire often, but not always, terminates in 

 four smooth teeth ; in others, for instance those from Barbados and Grenada, 

 the top of the spire has a very irregular aspect, from numerous longer or shorter 

 teeth, which are placed not only round the opening of the top itself, but also 

 on a cross-like rod which covers this opening. 



Habitat. St. Vincent (1878-79) ; depth 464 fathoms; one specimen 110 

 mm. long. Dominica (1878-79); depth 611 fathoms; one gigantic specimen, 

 230 mm. long. Dominica (1878-79) ; depth 982 fathoms ; two specimens. 

 Lat. 17° 30' N., Lon. 79° 14' W. (1880) ; depth 555 fathoms. Lat. 18° 20' 

 30" N., Lon. 87° 16' 40" W. (1880) ; depth 600 fathoms; two specimens, 230 

 mm. long. Barbados (1878-79) ; depth 399 fathoms; one specimen. Grenada 

 (1878-79); depth 416 fathoms; one specimen. Grenada (1878-79); depth 

 955 fathoms ; one specimen. 



Holothuria Murrayi, Theel. 

 Habitat. Guadeloupe (1878-79); depth 769 fathoms; two specimens. 



Holothuria lactea, Theel. 



Habitat. Lat. 41° 33' 15" N., Lon. 65° 51' 25" W.; depth 810 fathoms; 

 r.umerous specimens, which differ from those brought home by the " Chal- 

 lenger " only in the fact that the spire of the table often terminates in a simple 

 long spine. Lat. 39° 43' N., Lon. 70° 55' 25" W. (1880) ; depth 1002 fathoms; 

 numerous specimens. Lat. 38° 18' 40" N., Lon. 73° 18' 10" W. (1880) ; depth 



