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that he had only a single specimen which may have happened 

 to be like the one of my specimens before alluded to. Again my 

 specimens showed more or less likeness to //. curiosa and //. 

 lagcena, without however fitting in exactly with either of these. 

 It has therefore been thought best to put them separately by 

 themselves as a distinct species, although it is with great re- 

 luctance that I introduce a new name. At the same time, it 

 would not surprise me at all to be told hereafter that these 

 specimens are old individuals of an already known species, e.^r, 

 of H. vagabimda. At present, however, there are no data for 

 making such an assertion. 



The specific name isuga is the name given by the natives 

 of Okinawa to this species, as I am told by Nabisa. 



24. Molofhnria lubrïca Selenka, var. niœhil (Ludwig). 



(Textfig. 19). 



Eolothuria mœhii Ludwig 1883, pp. 171-2.— Lampeet 1885, p. 90. 

 Theel 1886a, p. 206.— Ludwig 1889-'92, p. 330. 



Specimens examined : — • 



