ACTINOrODOUS IIOLOTIIUXUOIDEA. -13 



Subfamily 2. Holothuriinae. 



dciius Miilleria Jaeuer 1833. 



Tentacles 20, sonictinu'S more. Ventniiii Hat, dorsum ai'ched. 

 Ambulacral appendages in the shape of pedicels on the wn- 

 trum and of papillae on the dorsnm ; tlieir arrangement in 

 longitudinal aeries seldom visil)Ie. A single gt'nital bundle on the 

 left side of tlie dorsal mesentery. No C-shaped deposits in the 

 perisome. Anus surrounded by live calcareous teeth. 



Within the limits of tlu^ Japanese empire, tlie species of the 

 genus are confined to tlie subti'opical region, vL::., to the Liu-Kiu 

 and till' Ogasawara (I'ouin) Islands. 



The five species found within the limits of the empire may 

 bo distinguished as follows : — 



I. Teutacles 25 vuiuritiana. 



II. Teutacles '20. Amoiip; calcareons deposits tliere are : 



1. Hollow ellipsoids macidaln. 



2. Bather phiinp i-os(!t.tes echinitcs. 



3. X-sliap«il i(i:ls a,u(l rosettes. 



o. YtMitiiiiii \vliit«s and its eoiiliuuatiou I'oniis a 



lijrlit Ki'ay ansa voniid llio anus lecanora. 



b. Dovsiim and the area around the anus uniform 



in color miUaris. 



11. Jfi«ffcri<( crliiuitcs Jaegki;. 



MuUeria ecldnUes Jaegei: 18:53, ]). 17, Taf. HI., Vi'^f\. 3,(i ; — Sei.enka 

 1867, p. 312;— Sempeu 18fi7— '08, pp. 70, 270, Taf. XXX., Fig. 8 ;— 

 Lldwig 1882, p. 134 ;— LA-MPEitT 1885, p. 99 ;— Theel 1886 a, p. 201;— 



