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Tlie species is called " Akami-Shildri " (red flesh holothu- 

 rian) in Amami-Oshima. Although I have no specimens from 

 Okinawa, I am told hy Nabisa, an intelligent Liu-kiuan, that 

 although rare it occurs there, and is known as " Aka-wata " 

 (red belly). 



The animal is found at 2 — 3 fathoms' depth. 



Localit// : — Aden (Sempeu '69) ; Mozanihique (Semper '67) ; Tumhntn 

 (Lampert '96); Zanzihar (Ludwig '99); Ceylon (Ludwig '87); Java 

 ( Ludwig '82, Sluiter '94) ; Lnmn-Tjinnn (Sluiter : 01) ; Saleyer L (Sluiter 

 : 01) ; Ceram (Sluiter : 01) ; Haingsisi (Sluiter : 01) ; Timor (Ludwig '82) ; 

 Celehes (Ludwig '82) ; Moluccas (liESSON '30, Sluiter '95) ; Bohol, Philip- 

 pines (Seiniper '67) ; Amhoina (Selenka '67, Ludwig '82, Ludwig '88, 

 Sluiter '94) ; Caroline Is. (Lesson '30) ; Marshall Is. (Lampert '85) ; Great 

 Barrier Kief (Kent '93) ; New Holland (Lesson '30) ; New Britain (Théel 

 '86) ; Lifu (Bedford '99) ; Fiji (Théel '86) ; Tahiti (Ludwig '74) ; Manjuyod ; 

 Ogasawara Is. ; Osnmi. 



22. Molothuria inipatietis (Forskâl). 

 (Textfig. 17). 



Fisiularia impatiens Forskal 1775, pp. 121-2, Taf. XXXIX., Fig. B.— 

 Lamarck 1816, p. 76. — Lamarck 1840, p. 448. 



Holoihuria impallens LmNÉ 1788, p. 3142, Nr. 21. — Selenka 1867, p. 

 340.— Semper 1867-68, p. 277.— Semper 1869, p. 120.— Gray 1872, p. 123.— 

 Ludwig 1879, p. 569.— v. Marenzeller 1874, p. 320.— Ludwig 1879, p. 569. 

 — Haacke 1880, p. 46.— Ludwig 1880, p. 6.— Ludwig 1882, p. 136.— Ludwig 

 1883, p. 169.— Bell 1884, p. 510.— Lampert 1885, p. 65.— Théel 1886rr, 

 pp. 179, 233-4, PI. VIIL, fig. 9.— Bell 1886, p. 28.— Théel 1886^ p. 7.— 

 Ludwig 1887«, p. 31.— Ludwig 18876, p. 1226.— Bell 1887«, p. 140.— Bell 

 1887^ p. 654.— Sluiter 1887, p. 193.— Ludwig 1888, p. 806.— Beul 1888, 

 p. 389.— (?) Herouard 1888.— Herouard 1889, p. 677.— Ludwig 1889- 

 '92, p. 329, Taf. XYH., Fig. 2.— Herouard 1893, p. 134.— Kent 1893, p. 

 237,— Sluiter 1893, p. 103.— (?) Koeiiler 1894, p. 422.— Koehler 18956, 



