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pentagonal, twice as broad as long, the anterior angle sharp, the anterior sides concave, the 
lateral edges about as long as those of the IBrj with which they make an obtuse angle. 
The seventeen arms are 120 mm. long; all the division series are 4 (3 + 4); there are 
three IIBr series and four IIIBr series, three of which are internal, the fourth external at the 
side of one of the preceding. The division series are narrow so that a large amount of perisome 
is visible in dorsal view; this is protected by numerous irregular calcareous plates. 
Pj is 20 mm. long, stout basally and tapering rapidly in the proximal third, more 
crradually from that point onward, with 38 segments; the terminal comb is borne on the last 
fourteen segments and is composed of low rounded teeth which become obsolete on the three 
terminal segments. P„ is much shorter than P^ and proportionately less stout, though similar ; 
it possesses 28 segments and is 10 mm. long; the comb consists of nine teeth of which the 
first three are small ; there are no teeth on the three or four terminal segments. P., is small 
and slender, 7 mm. long with 23 segments. P^ is slightly smaller and more slender than P.., 
6 mm. long, with only a rudimentary comb. P. is 5.5 mm. long composed of 17 segments, 
without a comb; it is very slightly stouter than the two preceding pinnules and tapers more 
evenly to the very delicate tip. The following pinnules are similar. The distal pinnules are very 
slender, 8 mm. long with 17 segments, 
The colour is grayish brown, the cirri yellowish. 
The specimen from Stat. 299 is a magnificent typical example of the species with about 
120 arms- 180 mm. long; the cirri are about XL, 26 — 28, 35 mm. to 40 mm. long, typically 
stout and smooth; all of the arms are grooved. 
The individual from Banda is similar with about 80 arms which are about 180 mm. 
long; the cirri are XXI, 27 — 32, 35 mm. to 45 mm. long; one of the IIIBr series is i, and 
two are 2 ; all the other division series are 4 (3 + 4). 
2. Cotnanthus {Ccnolid) samoana A. H. Clark. 
P. H. Carpenter. "Challenger" Reports. Comatulae, 1888, p. 338 [Actinometra parvicirra^ part). 
A. H. Clark. Proc. U. S. National Museum, vol. 37, 1909, p. 30 [Comanthus [Comantkits] samoana). 
Bull, du mus. d'hist. nat. de Paris, 191 1, N" 4, p. 248. 
Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 9, 191 2, N" i, p. 82 [Comanthus [Bennettia] samoana). 
Crinoids of the Indian Ocean, 191 2, p. 95. 
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 60, 1912, N" 10, p. 9. 
Proc. U. S. National Museum, vol. 43, 19 12, p. 391. 
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 61, 1912, N" 15, p. 17. 
Die Fauna Siidwest-Australiens, vol. 4, 191 3, Lief. 6, p. 309. 
H. L. Clark. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication N''2i2, 1915, p. \oi[Comantlius 
samoanum). 
Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, western coast of Flores. Down to 40 Metres, i E.x. 
Stat. 162. Between Loslos and Broken Islands, western coast of Salawatti. 18 Metres, i Ex. 
Stat. 299. Buka or Cyrus Bay, southern coast of Rotti Island. 34 Metres, i Ex. 
The specimen from Stat. 50 has 20 arms 80 mm. long; all the IIBr series are present, 
all 4 (3 + 4). 
That from Stat. 162 is small with 13 arms about 40 mm. long, and is undergoing 
adolescent autotomy. 
