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Tlio species is called " Akami-Shikiri " (red flesh holothu- 

 rian) in Amami-Osliima. Although I have no specimens from 

 Okinawa, I am told hy Nabisa, an intelligent Liu-kiuan, that 

 althongh rare it occurs there, and is known as " Aka-wata " 

 (red belly). 



Tlie animal is found at 2 — 3 fathoms' depth. 



Localiti/ : — Adeu (Semper 'G9) ; Mozambique (Semper '67) ; Tnnibatu 

 (Lampert '96) ; Zanzibar (LuDWio '99) ; Cej-lou (Ludwig '87) ; Java 

 (LuDWiG '82, Sluiter '94) ; Lumu-Tjiimn (Sluiter : 01) ; Saleyer I. (Sluiter 

 : 01) ; Ceram (Seuiter : 01) ; Haingsisi (Sluiter : 01) ; Timor (Ludwig '82) ; 

 Celebes (Ludwig '82) ; Moluccas (IjEsson 'W, Sluiter '95) ; Bohol, Pliilip- 

 pines (Semper '67) ; Amboiua (Selenka '67, Ludwig '82, Ludwig '88, 

 Sluiter '94) ; Caroline Is. (Lesson '30) ; Marshall Is. (Lampert '85) ; Great 

 Barrier Kief (Kent '93) ; New HolLaud (Lesson '30) ; New Britain (Theel 

 '86) ; Lifu (Bedford '99) ; Fiji (Theel '86) ; Tahiti (Ludwig '74) ; Manjuyod ; 

 Ogasawnra Is. ; Osumi. 



22. ILolothiiria impatiens (Forskal). 

 (Textfig. 17). 



Fishilaria impatiens Forskal 1775, pp. 121-2, Taf. XXXIX., Fig. B. — 

 Lam.\rck 1816, p. 76. — Lamarck 1840, p. 448. 



Holothnria impatiens Linne 1788, p. 3142, Nr. 2 L— Selenka 1867, p. 

 340.— Semper 1867-68, p. 277.— Semper 1869, p. 120.— Gray 1872, p. 123.— 

 Ludwig 1879, p. 569.— v. Marenzfixer 1874, p. 320.— Ludwig 1879, p. 569. 

 — Ha.\cke 1880, p. 46.— Ludwig 1880, p. 6. —Ludwig 1882, p. 136.— Ludwig 

 1883, p. 169.— Bell 1884, p. 510.— Lampert 1885, p. 65.— Theel 1886«, 

 pp. 179, 233-4, ri. VIII, fig. 9.— Beli. 1886, p. 28.- Theel 1886/;, p. 7.— 

 Ludwig 1887«, p. 31.— Ludwig 1887^ p. 1226.— Beij. 1887fl, p. 140.— Bell 

 18S7i, p. 654.— Sluiter 1887, p. 193.— Ludwig 1888, p. 806.— Bell 1888, 

 p. 389.— (?) Herouard 188S.— Herouard 1889, p. 677.— Ludwig 1889- 

 '92, p. 329, Taf. XYII., Fig. 2.— Herouard 1893, p. 134.— Kent 1893, p. 

 237,— Sluiter 189.3, p. 103.— (?) Koehler 1894, p. 422.— Koehler 1895& 



