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are few and far between, so that they may easily be over- 

 looked. It was a long time before I was sure of their 

 presence. I am still doubtful whether in some specimens 



Textfig. 19. 

 Holothurin lubnca ynr. maHni : a — Tnlle ; i, c — H Ehaped todies; 

 (f— /-Grannlntea rods. (x3()0). 



they may not Ije entirely absent. As I have stated above, I 

 can not bo sure whether they arc the smooth rods referred to 

 by LuDwiG in his description of //. ma'hii, for he does not men- 

 tion their size or frequency. I see no reason, however, for 

 assuming them to bo different, and in I.tdwig's specimens they 

 may have been somewhat more abundant than in mine. 



In the wall of the ventral pedicels, close to the end -plates, 

 are found H-shaiX'd supporting rods as described by Ludwig 

 {b, c). These I have found in all the adult specimens except 

 those from Shimo-Koshiki, Satsuma (No. 1257). The said bodies 

 we may consider as characteristic of var. ma'bii. Besides them 

 there are sometimes more open supporting rods. 



In addition to the three kinds of deposits above mentioned, 

 there occur very slender, small, fine, non-granulated rods with at 



