iiA. 



through where thicket. The body wan hanl t> the touch, re.-i- 

 eUfttic, all except the cjuadrantrnlar oouipartiiient. which is always of a 

 different nature, the skin In-ini; thi<-k ;in<l soft. The ivnnin.i 

 cially towards tin- extremities, WM dry and corrugated, cuttim: like old 

 fir hark. When laid open, six -troiin muscular bands nm down the 

 whole length. I did not remark that any one had been divided, so aa 

 to reilnc.- that number. A large ovarium wo expoccd. consisting of 

 nuineroiiM long rojK.*, with small distinct ova of orpiment orange oo- 

 Inur. apparently not tar I mm maturity. The contracted tcntocula were 

 re<ldi>h. A Maekish, thick, and very nllt-n>i\e fluid partly iMvupied the 

 i-a\ ity of tin- anterior portion. 



Midler remarks the diHiculty of dis*-< timr these animalu, which pro- 

 bably ha* been very seldom attempted, more from want of opportunity . 

 perhaps, than \\ant of inclination 



In the course of t \vi-nt \ one yean, I have been able to obtain <>nl\ 



I'et'imens. u hereof none other than that represented was in a condi- 

 tion lit for delineation : Nor would thia have been effectil without the 

 moBt eautioiiB treatment of the animal, ami the patient service* of a 

 "kilful artist, Mr John Hew Johnson. 



I have not l>een so fortunate as to nn-t-t with any other figure hav- 

 ing the arborescenoe di.playiil. though several may be seen without it. 

 I miifit therefore conclude it to be an unusual incident, and that livini; 

 and vigorous specimens occur very rarely 



I'I.VTK X\'. llli>thuria jilinntaput. 



Besides the species of Holothuriae above described, more have occur- 

 red to me iii the course of researches, extending for at least thirty yean. 

 But the subjects were either greatly mutilated, in a feeble or dying state 

 many actually dead, and in decay, so that, on the whole, neither size, 

 nor figure, nor the true nature of the animals could be determined, or 

 their real appearance delineated aatw&ctorily. 



1 have been sometimes much perplexed regarding the identr 

 mien*. Mich as whether \\liat 1 judged the llolnlliuria J'tisv*, when of 



