352 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S,. CHALLENGER. 
Strait, extending to Mozambique in the Indian Ocean and to the Fiji 
Islands in the Pacific. Culcita schmideliana, from Amboina, and 
extending into the Indian Ocean to the East Coast of Africa, and ( fide 
Gray) into the Pacific to the Galapagos Islands, Culcita grex, from 
Molucca (Leyden Museum). 
Paciric: Three or four species between the parallels of 30° N. and 20° S. 
Culcita acutispina, from the New Hebrides. Culcita arenosa, from 
the Sandwich Islands. Culcita pentangularis, from the Fiji Islands, 
and extending into the Eastern Archipelago and the Indian Ocean. 
Culcita nove-guinex is recorded from New Hanover by Studer. 
The occurrence of Culcita schnudeliana in the Pacific (Galapagos 
Islands, fide Gray), still needs authentication. 
B. Bathymetrical range: Shallow water. 
y. Nature of the Sea-bottom: Not recorded. 
Chorological Synopsis of the Species. 
| | | 
| Ocean. Range in Fathoms. Nature of the Sea-bottom. 
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Culcita arenosa . : - | Pacific. (?) Shallow water. 
Culcita coriacea . : . | Indian. hd | 
Culcita grex ° < . | Eastern Archipelago. ee 208 
Culcita nove-guinee . . | Eastern Archipelago. | 10 Sand. 
Indian, Eastern Archi- 
pelago, and Pacific. 
Indian, Eastern Archi- 
pelago, (?) Pacific. | 
Culeita veneris . i ; Southern Ocean, id cite as | 
Culcita acutispina . | Pacific. 
Culcita pentangularis . 
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Culcita schnudeliana . 
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1. Culcita nove-guinex, Miiller and Troschel. 
Culcita Novee-Guinex, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 38. 
Culcita pulverulenta (Valenciennes M.S.), Perrier, 1869, Ann. Sci. Nat., 5e Sér., t. xii. p. 260. 
Localities. —Off Zebu, Philippe group. On the Reefs. 
Station 212. Off Malanipa Island, Philippine group. January 30, 1875. Lat. 
6 54’ 0” .N., long, 122° 18’ 0” E, Depth 10 fathoms. Sand. Surface temperature 
83°°0 Fahr. 
Remarks.—Examples of this form may be selected which correspond exactly to the 
type of Gray’s Culcita pentangularis. After a careful study, however, of the various 
examples referable to Culcita nove-guinex which I have been able to examine, I am 
unable to indicate any characters by which these two forms can be separated specifically, 
