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Family TEMNOPLEURIDAE 



Genus TEMNOPLEURUS L. Agassiz 

 TEMNOPLEURUS TOREUMATICUS (Leske) 



Cidaris toreumutica Leske, Additamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein . . ., p. 

 155, pi. 10, fig. E, 1778. 



Locality. — Eongelap lagoon; 23+ fathoms; Johnson, June 16, 

 1946. One small specimen, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7607. 



Genus MESPILIA Desor 



MESPILIA GLOBULUS (Linne) 



Echinus glohulus Linne, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 664, No. 2, 1758 

 (Indian Ocean). 



Localities. — Bikini Atoll; lagoon; Schultz, March 29, 1946. Two 

 specimens, U.S.N.M., No. E. 7276. 



Eniwetok Atoll ; Lidilbut Island, lagoon reef ; Schultz, June 1, 1946. 

 Two fragments, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7137. 



Bikini Atoll : 3 miles off Bikini Island, in lagoon ; 150 feet ; Hali- 

 meda bottom; Morrison, July 11, 1946. One specimen, U.S.N.M. 

 No. E. 7299. 



Bikini Atoll ; about one-third of a mile southwest of the southeast 

 point of Bikini Island; 27 feet; April 25, 1946. Two specimens, 

 U.S.N.M. No. E. 7532. 



Bikini Atoll ; Namu Island, outer reef ; Johnson, April 4, 1946. One 

 specimen, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7604. 



Bikini Atoll ; Enirik Island ; intertidal ; Johnson, 1946. One speci- 

 men, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7623. 



Eniwetok Atoll; south end of Rigili Island; Morrison; May 26, 

 1946. Two dead tests, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7558. 



Eniwetok Atoll ; East Rigili Island ; Morrison, May 30, 1946. Three 

 specimens, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7530. 



Rongelap Atoll; lagoon, 2 miles west of Busch Island; 120 feet; 

 Morrison, June 21, 1946. One specimen, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7531. 



Rongelap Atoll; lagoon; 23+ fathoms; Johnson, June 16, 1946. 

 One small specimen U.S.N.M. No. E. 7605. 



Genus DESMECHINUS H. L. Clark 



DESMECHINUS RUFUS (Bell) 



Salmacis rufa Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 411, pi. 26, figs. 2, 3, 

 (Macclesfield Bank 30-44 fathoms). 



Locality— Bikim Atoll; 800-900 feet; August 7, 1947. One speci- 

 men, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7371. 



