NO. 10 CRINOIDS OF HAMBURG MUSEUM — CLARK 9 



COMANTHUS PINGUIS (A. H. Clark) 



1. J5° 12' X. Int., 159° 44' E. long.; 30 fathoms. — One specimen; 

 the division series are not so broad as in typical examples. 



2. 55 of N. hit., 139 44' E. long.; 21 fathoms. — One specimen. 



COMANTHUS SAMOANA (A. H. Clark) 



Actinometra parvicirra 1891. Hartlaub, Nova Acta Acad. German., vol. 

 58, No. 1, p. 96 (1, 2). 



1. Tonga and Fiji. — One specimen with thirty-nine arms. 



2. Samoa. — Two specimens labeled Actinometra trachygaster 

 Liitken ; one has twenty-one arms, the single (external) IIIBr series 

 being- 2, all the other division series 4(3 + 4) ; the other is similar. 



3. Ruk, Caroline Islands. — One specimen with twenty-three arms 

 and cirri VIII, 11-12; the centrodorsal is especially small. 



4. Abrolhos Islands (Houtmaiis Rocks), Western Australia. — 

 One specimen with eighteen arms abont 50 mm. long; the IIBr 

 series are all 4(3 + 4) ; the cirri are about XXV, 17, 12 mm. long; 

 the longest cirrus segments (the fourth or fifth) are twice as long as 

 broad or slightly longer; the distal cirrus segments are twice as broad 

 as long; the disk is thickly covered with small but prominent cal- 

 careous nodules of approximately equal size. 



COMANTHUS ANNULATA (Bell) 



Actinometra meyeri 1882. P. H. Carpenter, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 



16, p. 525 (1). 

 Actinometra parvicirra 1888. P. H. Carpenter, " Challenger " Report, Co- 



matulae, p. 33S (1). — 1891. Hartlaub, Nova Acta Acad. German., vol. 



58, No. 1, p. 96 (2,3). 



1. Australia. — One dry specimen. 



2. Tonga and Fiji. — One specimen with forty-four arms. 



3. Fiji. — One typical specimen, the size of the individual in the 

 Copenhagen Museum which I described as C. intricata; it has forty 

 arms, all the IIIBr series being present. 



4. South Passage, Sharks Bay, Western Australia; meters; Drs. 

 Michaelsen and Hartmcyer ; June 16, iooj. — -Nine specimens; one 

 large individual has sixty-one arms 120 mm. long, and cirri VI, 8.5 

 mm. long, confined to the anterior semi-circumference of the centro- 

 dorsal; all the division series are 4(3 + 4) ; the color is dark brown, 

 the division series and arm bases with uniformly distributed small 

 equal sized light green spots; a second specimen has thirty-seven 

 arms 120 mm. long and cirri IV, 9 mm. long; all the division scries 



