ACTINOrODOUS HOLOTHUEIOIDEA. 155 



ioOT?(V//;— Celebes (-Lvegeu '33) ; New Ireland (Quoy & Gaimaed '33) ; 

 Lngniior, Caroline Is. (Brandt '33) ; Polynesia (Selenka 'C7) ; Java (Selenka 

 '67) ; Bay of Geclvink (Ludwig '82) ; Navigator Is. (Theel '8C) ; Great Bar- 

 rier Reef (Kent '93) ; Saleyer Is. (Sluiter : 01) ; Amljoina (Sluiter : 01) ; 

 Roma (Slctter : 01) ; Nalaliia Bai (Sluiter : 01) ; Pasir I'andjang (Sluiter 

 : 01) ; Okinawa I. 



35. Sttcho2)ns californicus (Stimpson). 

 (Textfig. 26). 



Holotlmria crillfornka Stimpson 1857, p. 528. — Selenka 1867, p. 331.^ 

 Lampert 1885, p. 93.— Theel 1886a, p. 239. 



Stichopus californicus Clark 1901a, pp. 164, 171. — Clark 1901*/, 

 p. 496. 



Specimens examined : — Two alcoholic specimens from Vancouver, received 

 from the Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Apr. 26, 1897 (No. 

 1059). These two specimens are respectively about 19 and 18 cm. long in 

 their somewhat macerated condition. Although there seem to be some points 

 of diifei'ence, there can be no doubt that they belong to Siicliopvf< rnJifornicnfi 

 as redefined liy Ciark. 



Description: — Tentacles 19. Stone-canal attached to the 

 mesentery ; niadreporic body oblong and in the nsual position. 

 Polian vesicle one, long and large. The more dorsal radial pieces of 

 the calcareous ring are higher than the more ventral ones. Ventral 

 pedicels large and in three rows, the middle being twice as broad 

 as the lateral ; well- developed end-plates present. Large dorsal 

 conical warts on the lateral edges and on the dorsal ambulacra. 

 Small papilla) not discernible and proliably absent. Calcareous 

 deposits : Tables (textfig. 2Ga, h), in tlie outer layer slender and del- 

 icate ; disk largo, with four large central holes and some additional 



