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II. Series II. Species with unplated ambulacra: 



(" Eschrichii group. " 

 ''i1/i76(T(i; group." 

 '• Tcnclla group." 



Two distichals - Pahnatagrow^." 



Three distichals "Savignyi group." 



In this year also Hara described Antedon inacrodiscus ( Tropiometra macrodiscus) 

 from Japan, at the same time mentioning the fact that Comanthus japonica is 

 al)undant at Misaki. Prof. E. von Marenzeller gave a detailed account of the 

 occurrence of comatuUds in the eastern Mediterranean; and Prof. Ren6 KoeUer 

 described a new form, Antedon flnva {Crotalometra fiava) from the dredgings of 

 the French steamer Caiidan, and in addition recorded a number of species from 

 Amboina. In tlxis last pa])er he records Comanthus hennetti under the name of 

 Actinometra rohustipinna, being unaware that the tyjie-specimen of the latter is 

 an endocychc example, representing a species in the "Savignyi group" of Carpenter. 



In 1898 Prof. Ludwig Doderlein pubhshed the results of his study of a small 

 collection of comatuUds from Amboina and Thursday Island; the species noted 

 by him were the following: 



Antedon elegans Zygomctra clcgans. 



Antedon microdisciis Zygomctra mirroducui. 



Antedon bidcns Oligonutrides adconx. 



Antedon ludovici Craspedometra acuticirra. 



Antedon imparipinna LampromHra protects. 



Actinometra peclinata Comatula pectinata. 



Actinometra Solaris Comatula Solaris. 



Actinmnetra paucidrra Comatula rotalaria. 



... . , „. \ComastcT multifida. 



Actvnomelra belli < „ , , „. 



[Comaster belli. 



{Comanthus annulata. 

 Comanthus parvicirra. 

 Actinonutra regalis Comanthina schlegelii. 



In the following year Prof. Hubert Ludwig discussed the crinoid fauna of Zan- 

 zibar, adding to the species already known from the region Antedon flagellata (Dich- 

 rometra fiageUata, var. afra), and recapitulating the previous records of others. At 

 the same time he published a paper on the crinoids of the Magellanic region, taking 

 the opportunity to compare the arctic and the antarctic faunas. Professor Bell 

 in the same year recorded the ecliinodcrms which had been obtained by Mr. J. Stan- 

 ley Gardiner at Rotuma and Funafuti; there was only one comatuhd {ComatcUa 

 maculata) among them. He also pubhshed a list of the species wliich were obtained 

 by Dr. Artluir Willey during liis expedition to the Pacific in search of tlie eggs 

 of the pearly nautilus. The species mentioned in this latter paper are: 



Antedon indica Lamprometra prolectus. 



Antedon titberrnlala Slcphanomctra tuberculata. 



Actinometra grandicalyx Comanthus bainelli. 



... ... [Comaster tti pica. 



Actinometra typica \„ , ... 



"^ \Comast4r gracilis. 



Actinometra hennetti Comanthus hennetti. 



Actinometra parvicirra Comanthus parvicirra. 



