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axillaries, and the apposed sides of contiguous joints are 

 flattened laterally First joints after each axillary closely 

 united laterally, and the second ones but little separated. 

 First two brachials wide and about equal in length, the 

 second being the more wedgeshaped. 



The next two or three joints roughly oblong , and the 

 following ones wide, wedgeshaped, and strongly overlap- 

 ping , their distal edges being much raised Arms dimorphic. 

 In the long slowly tapering anterior ones of 150 + 

 joints the joints are wedgeshaped till quite near the end, 

 the later ones being relatively shorter , blunter, and smoother, 

 and the terminal ones squarer elongating just at the end. 

 The posterior arms taper much more rapidly and end af- 

 ter about 120 joints, those of the latter third being very 

 bluntly wedgeshaped and the terminal ones squarer. 



First syzygium on 3rd brachial; the next from 9 — 13 

 usually on 10 or 11; then an interval of 1 — 5, usually 3, 

 joints between successive syzygia. 



Second joints of all the ray divisions have long and 

 fairly stout pinnules, decreasing rather rapidly to that on 

 the 4th brachial, which is not, however, specially short 

 or slender. The following ones considerably stouter and 

 gradually increasing in length , but decreasing in stoutness 

 after about the 25th joint Terminal pinnules slender but 

 not unusually long, especially in the posterior arms The 

 large basal joints of the stout lower pinnules slightly over- 

 lap one another; and the lowest pinnules have a moderate 

 terminal comb which disappears after about the 8th brach- 

 ial. Disc lost; several ungrooved arms. Diameter across 

 the radials 14 mm. Spread probably about 25 ceutim. 



Colour , skeleton brownish white , the perisome darker. 



Locality , East Indies ? 



Remarks. I have much pleasure in connecting this fine 

 species with the name of Professor Schlegel , the accom- 

 plished director of the Leyden Museum. Its specially dis- 

 tinctive character is the peculiarity presented by the first 

 radials , which are flush with the second along the middle line , 



rVotes* frona the Leyden Museuiu , Vol. Ill, 



