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MEDITERRANEAN FAUNA. 



Solmissus albescens Gegenbaur. 



One specimen, taken 10 miles S. by E. of Monaco Harbor, April 

 19, 1923. 



Abylopsis tetragona (Otto). 



Free Eudoxid stage taken in 400 fms., off St. Raphael, bearing 

 S. S. E. distance 9 miles S. of France, Mediterranean Sea, March 23, 

 1927. 



Velella velella (Linne). 



Two, pelagic, 10 miles S. by E. of Monaco Harbor, April 19, 1927. 



Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri). 



One very fine specimen, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea, April 19, 1927. 



Alcyonium palmatum Pallas. 



Two, dredged in 35 fms., 5 miles N. E. by N. of Cape Carthage, 

 Gulf of Tunis, Mediterranean Sea, July 21, 1927. One small specimen 

 from 325 fms., Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, 1927. 



Geographical Distribution of Species of Echinodermata. 



west indian fauna. 



Neocomatella pulchella (Pourtales). 



One very fine specimen dredged in 150 fms., 7 miles S. W. off Alli- 

 gator Reef, Florida, March 30, 1926. 



Astropecten antillensis Lutken. 



Two specimens, Porto Padre, Cuba, March, 1928, collected by the 

 "Ara." 



Luidia marcgravii Lutken. 



Two very fine specimens, south of Catalina Creek, Cuba, February 

 11, 1924. Another large specimen, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, February 

 8, 1924. Another fine specimen, Port Segua la Grande, Cuba, Febru- 

 ary 13, 1925. 



Oreaster reticulatus (Linne) Muller and Troschel. 



Three large dry specimens from Bury Island Flats, B. W. I., Janu- 

 ary 19, 1925. Five younger specimens of various sizes, in spirit, from 

 the same locality. 



Peltaster planus Verrill. 



One, dredged in 150 fms., 7 miles off Alligator Reef, Florida, March 

 30, 1926. 



