Ai'TrxoroTioT'^; iioi.nTiTrKiOTDT: v. 87 



(TuERL '8()) ; GaLipa^os ;Tih':f.l "SO, Clakk : 02) ; raiiiiina. (Selenk.v 'f>7); 

 Snriuain (LunwKi 74) ; Tortiigas, Florida (Sk.]>enka '07) ; St. liaiiliolomcw 

 (Thkel '86) ; raniiH)tn ; Tiin-Kiu Ts. 



23. llolotJlltl'ill isH(/((, R)). II. 



(Tcxtti-. IS). 



Specimens examined : — Tlireo iiidividn.-ils tVoin ( 'liiiicnx. iki, ( )kiiia\v.i T. 

 (Sfi. Coll., Spec. No. 11S8, a, K <■■) take.u for mo .it tlmii; fatlioins" clc])tli 

 bv diver.s iiiuler the direc^tiou of N.\BLsa, an entliiisiiisti\- native collcctoi'. 

 (Inring my trip to Okinawa in tlie .spriuo; of 19(tl. 



Description. — Siiceiincus very deep purple to aliiio.st lilaek 

 except tlio rathci' iiarniw lirowiiisli sti'eak in the dorsal median 

 line. Similar color around the anu.s and, in two specimens at 

 least, in some parts of the ventrum (iiroliahly due to discoloi'a- 

 tion in alcohol). Pedicels ail over the body, on the dorsum as 

 well as on the ventrum, and on amhulacra as well as on inter- 

 ambulacra, except in the dorsal mi'dian brown streak, which is 

 very conspicuous even in life and has lon;.^ papilla" of the sam(> 

 Color. Five groups of sevei'al ]iapilhv around the amis. Pedicels 

 white-tipped in fi'esh state. I'olian vesicle sin^dc, lon^,'. Stone- 

 canal single, five, dorsal. 



In fresh condition one foot or moi'e in Icngtli. In alcohol, 

 highly contracted: throe s]iecimens measiu'e 11x7, 10x7."), and 

 9 X 0.5 cm. rcspoctivi'ly. 



Calcareous deposits are tables and buttons (textlig. 18 (i—-j). 

 In one specimen, many of the tallies consist simply of disks, 

 irregular in shape, with uneven and spinous mai-gin : the spire 

 represented by short simple knobs. The two other specimens 

 .show a niore or less partly formed spii'e to (he tables, and 



