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very evident synarthry; lUHr 2; l\'Br 2, but 
irregular in occurrence; 36 arms about 100 mm. 
long; cirri XX — XXII, 16 — 18, 13 mm. to 
15 mm. long; cirrus segments from the i 1''' or 
12''' onward bearing just proximal to the middle 
a rounded dorsal tubercle in addition to the 
sharp subterminal tubercle; terminal combs occur 
on most of the genital pinnules as well as on 
many of the distal pinnules (Tawi Tawi 
gro u ]), I' h i 1 i ]) p i n e I si an ds) laviaHa 
f- elements of the IBr and IIIBr series united by 
pseudosyzygy or syzygy as usual; 37 arms 85 
mm. long; cirri XXMl, 15 — 17, 12 mm. to 
15 mm. long (Kei Islands) pjilchcr 
e" 10— II cirrus segments; 40 arms 60 mm. to 70 mm. 
long; cirri 8 mm. long (Andaman Islands to 
the Lesser S u n d a Islands, the .\ r u Islands 
an d t h e M o 1 u ccas) parvus 
d' 30—33 arms 
e' 24 — 25 cirrus segments; cirri long and stout, only 
gently curved distally, nearly one third of the arm 
length ; colour white, with lines and bands of violet 
(Lesser S u n d a to t h t; Philippine Islands) . deiicata 
e" 9 — 13 cirrus segments; cirri very short and strongly 
curved, not more than one seventh of the arm length; 
colour yellow or yellow brown 
f^ longest cirrus segments (4"') about twice as 
long as broad; cirri \'I1I — XXIII, 9 — 13 ; 30 — 33 
arms 80 mm. to 100 mm. long (Lesser Sunda 
and Kei Islands t o t h e M o 1 u c c a s a n d 
t h e P h i 1 i ]) p i n c I s 1 a n d s) distincta 
f- longest cirrus segments {}^^^ and 4''') three 
times as long as broad; cirri X\', lO; 30 arms 
(sou t her n J a pa n) scrrata 
I. Coinaster novaeguineae (J. Miiller). 
J. MCl.LEK. Archiv fur Naturgcsch., 1841, I, p. 146 [Alecto novae-guineac). 
LOVKN. Ofversigt k. Vetensk.-Akad. Forhandl., 1866, N" 9, p. 231, fig. p. 220, a—h (Plia- 
nogenia typica). 
Herki.OTS. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, Afl. 13, 1869, p. 11, pi. \0 {Cotnatula novae-guineac). 
LUTKEN. Cat. Mus. Godeftroy, vol. 5, 1874, p. 190 [Actinovictra stcllata; nomen nudum). 
P. H. Carpenter. Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. 28, 1879, p. 390 {Actinomctra stcllata). 
