ACTINOPODOUS HOLOTHURIOIDEA. 



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that he had only a single specimen which may have happened 

 to be like the one of my specimens before alluded to. Again my 

 specimens showed more or less likeness to //. curiosa and //. 

 lagcena, without however fitting in exactly with either of these. 

 It has therefore been thought best to put them separately by 

 themselves as a distinct species, although it is with great re- 

 luctance that I introduce a new name. At the same time, it 

 would not surprise me at all to be told hereafter that these 

 specimens are old individuals of an already known species, e.g., 

 of 11. vagahunda. At present, however, there are no data for 

 making such an assertion. 



The specific name isuga is the name given by the natives 

 of Okinawa to this species, as I am told by Nabisa. 



24. HolotJuirifi Inhrica Selenka, var. moebii, (Ludwig). 



(Textfig. 19). 



ndlothuria mcehii Lvdwig 1883, pp. 171-2.— Lampert 1885, p. 90. — 

 Theel 1886a, p. 200.— Ludwig 1889-'92, p. 330. 



Specimens examined : — 



