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rect to describe the ambulacral appendages of this species as all 

 papillae, as Thkel does. In the youngei- individuals the ventral 

 appendages must be described as pedicels. 



//. aculeata Semper certainly resembles this species very 

 closely, as is stated by Thkel. I should, however, like to point 

 out one difference not noticed before ; viz., that the stone-canal in 

 H. aculeata is described by Semper as very small, while the same 

 in all the specimens of this species which I have examined is 

 specially long and large. This species seems to approach also 

 //. notabilis Lidwig, //. Iduniingcri Lampert, II. occidentalis Lud- 

 wiG and //. sulcata Ludwig. 



LocnlHij ;— Picd Hea (Sempek '67—8) ; Berbora (Ludwig '83) ; Bay of 

 Margalla (LuDWia '87) ; Zanzibar (Selenka '67, Sempee %8, Ludwig '87, 

 Lampekt '85, 'OG) ; Mauritius (Haacke '80, Ludwig '83, Tiieel '86) ; Natal 

 (Lampert '85, Thefx '86) ; Andaman Is. (Bell '87) ; Ceylon (Ludwig '87) ; 

 Singapore (Theel '86); Gulf of Siam (Theel '86); Indian Arcliipeliigo 

 (Sluiteb '95) ; Batavia (Sluiteh '87) ; Java (Selenka '67, Theel '86) ; 

 Bauka (Ludwig '82) ; Macassar (Ludwig '82) ; Celebes (Jaeger '33, Lampert 

 '85) ; Dongalti (Sluiter : 01) ; Kwandang (Sluiter : 01) ; Sanaua (Sluiter 

 : 01) ; Kabala dua (Sluiter : 01) ; Saleyer Is. (Sluiter : 01) ; Gisser (Sluiter 

 : 01) ; Pulu Kawassang (Sluiter : 01) ; Wam-Bai (Sluiter : 01) ; Timor 

 (Ludwig '82, Sluiter : 01) ; Amboina (Selenka '67, Ludwig '88, Sluiter 

 '94) ; Philippine Is. (Semper '67—8, Lampert '85) ; Cebu (Lampert '85) ; 

 New Holland (Lampert '85); Toires Strait (Theel '86); Fiji (Semper '67 

 — 8, Theel '86) ; Liu-Kiu Is. ; .\raami-Osliima. 



32. Holothuria vagahiinda Selexka.* 



Hdotlnrla viujuhmda Selexka 1867, p. 334, Taf. XIX., Fig. 75—76.— 



* I do not yet feel quite equiil to the liei-oiu bisk ot wiperseiling the well-known and well- 

 estiiblLshed m^me vagahumJa by the designation leucospilvta : for tlie present I am willing for the 

 Siike of priority to follow previous writers on this point. 



