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49. Ji^nf/2>>iin.stes exiinia Theel. 

 (PI. MI., figs. 59, GO). 



Enyimiastcs cximia Thkel 1882('<, p. 50, PI. VILE., figs. G, 7. — L^viirERT 

 1885, p. 193.— LuDWia]889— '92, p. 342.— Sluiter 1901A, p. 77, Tuf. H., 

 Fig. 8, 9, Taf. X., Fig. 5.— Pereier 1902, p. 433.— Hutton 1904, p. 286. 



Sjwchnciis exandncd : — 14 inclividuals examined fresli and mostly preserved 

 in foi-maliu or alcohol- water-gl^'ceriue mixtm-e ; from the northern parts of 

 Siuiiga Bay at a dei^th of 600 — 750 him, collected by Mitsukuri and Aoki. 

 May— June, 1905 (Spec. Nos. 15G5— 1578). 



Thanks to the liberality ef Dr. B. Dean, I was enabled to 

 send our veteran collector Aoki to Suruga Bay during the latter 

 part of May, 1!)05. He soon reported that he had caught a beau- 

 tiful holothnrian at about 000 /aVo's depth, not far from Numazu. 

 The specimens, which were sent preserved, showed that they 

 belonged to a soft and delicate si^ecies very hard to preserve. 

 Accordingly, I went with the laboratory artist INIr. Sakuma to 

 Numazu to study the species in the fresh condition. .Voki brought 

 up several specimens for us to study. The figm-es (PI. Yll., figs. 

 59, GO) are made from the sketch and notes made by the artist on 

 the spot. The study of the specimens convinced me that in spite 

 of several i>ot insignificant differences, the species is Enijpniastes 

 exim'ia of Thkel. The occurrence of the species at two locahties 

 as distant as New Zealand and Japan seems remarkable enough, 

 but 1 do not tliink tliey can be referred to a dillcrent species, 

 and the wonder is somewhat lessened, when it is remembered 

 that the " Siboga " obtained the species at an intermediate spot, 

 i.e., near the island of Ceram in the Moluccas. 



