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In color the great majority of preserved specimens are dull grayish yellovr tinged 

 with brown, the cirri and the proximal portions of the anns being lighter than the 

 rest of the animal. About 10 percent of those which I have examined are a rather 

 dark brown or purple with light yellowish cirri and arm bases. Seven have each seg- 

 ment of the arms, pinnules, and cirri deep purple in the center, the borders being white, 

 giving them a beautiful and striking "pepper and salt" appearance. 



Notes [by A.M.C.].^The four syntypes of loveni in the British Museum are all 

 small with the arm length about IS mm. One has the arm width at the first syzygy 0.65 

 mm. and the length from IBr, to the second sj-zygy 4.0 mm. The cirri have up to 

 13 segments and may be 5.5 mm. long. P, is about 3.5 mm. long, with 9 or 10 segments; 

 Pj, with 7 segments, is 1.8 mm. and P3, with 9 segments, is 2.3 mm. long. The holo- 

 t,\-pe of Antedon pumila Bell from Port Jackson has P, 6.5 mm. long, with 13 segments; 

 P2 2.7 mm., with 10 segments and P3 3.5 mm., with 12 segments. The arm width at 

 the first syzygy is 0.9 mm. 



An mteresting discovery among the material of Antedon incommoda from Port 

 Phillip in the British Museum, was six specimens of A. loveni, thus confirming Car- 

 penter's idea that there is a species distinct from incommoda to be found in that harbor. 

 These specimens are smaller than the majority of examples of incommoda taken with 

 them but were easily distinguished by the convex dorsal pole of the centrodorsal, the 

 more slender cirri and the consistently smaller number of segments in Pj and Pj. 



Localities.— ?ovt Phillip, Victoria [P. H. Carpenter, 1890] (6, B.M.). Entrance to 

 Port Phillip, 11-16 meters [Sayce, 1902]. 



Port Jackson, New South Wales [Ramsey, 1890; A. H. Clark, 1911] (656, U.S.N.M., 

 17864, 35679,36236;M.C.Z., 47; AustralianM.). Same, 0-9 meters Bell, 1884] (1,B.M.). 

 Same, 10-18 meters (1, U.S.N.M., 35676). Same, deep water [Whitelegge, 1890]. 

 Same, Bottle and Glass rocks [A. H. Clark, 1911] (34, Australian M.). Same, near 

 Middle Head, 7-9 meters [H. L. Clark, 1938]. 



Broughton Island, New South Wales [A. H. Clark, 1911] (8, U.S.N.M., 35672; 

 Australian M.). 



Port Halliday [A. H. Clark, 1911] (fragments, Austrahan M.). 



Nelson's Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales [Bell, 1884, 1885; A. H. Clark, 

 1911] (4,B.M., 83.12.9.69-70, labeled as the types of loveni though registered in 1883 

 as Antedon ■pumila; Australian M.). Same, 5-9 meters (9, U.S.N.M., 35677). Type 

 locality. 



'Austraha' [Wright, 1877; A. H. Clark, 1911] (28, Australian M.). 



Long Reef, New South Wales, sublittoral, on lower side of rocks [Pope, 1943]. 



Geographical range.— From Port Stephens, New South Wales (lat. 32°40' S.) 

 to Port Phillip, Victoria. 



Bathymetrical range. — From the shore line down to 18 meters. 



Occurrence.— Whitelegge (1890) says that this species is very common at Port Jackson 

 in deep water, and is occasionally foimd under stones. He mentions it specifically 

 from Taylor Bay and Watson's Bay. 



He says that the pentacrinoids are often found attached to seaweeds in August 

 and September. 



History.— It is probable that this is the species upon which Prof. E. Perceval 

 Wright in 1877 based the supposed new genus and species of sponge which he called 

 Kallispongia archeri. Mr. Stuart O. Ridley in entering Professor Wright's paper in the 



