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merits ; the carination of the earlier pinnule segments is very promi- 

 nent. 



3. Northwestern Australia. — One specimen, with VII cirri. 



COMASTER TYPICA (Loven) 



Actinometra multifield 1884. Bell, " Alert" Report, p. 169 (1, 2). 

 Actinometra variabilis 1884. Bell, "Alert" Report, p. 169 (3). 

 Actinometra typica 1S88. P. II. Carpenter, "Challenger" Report, Comatu- 

 lse, p. 296 (4). — 1899. Bell, Willey's Zoological Results, part 2, p. 134 



(5). 



1. Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait; 5-7 fathoms; 

 " Alert." — One young specimen with sixty-four arms 75 mm. long ; 

 there are usually six post-radial axillaries ; the cirri are VII, 15; 

 they are becoming reduced, and show signs of disappearing. 



2. Australia. — Two specimens, just like those determined as typica 

 in the collection of the Australian Museum ; both are small ; there 

 are five or six post-radial axillaries ; the interradial dorsal perisomic 

 areas are heavily plated ; there are no cirri, though the cirrus sockets 

 are still well formed. 



3. Thursday Island; j-_/ fathoms; sand; "Alert." — Four speci- 

 mens ; there are six post-radial axillaries. 



4. Near Kandavu, Fiji; " Challenger." — One small specimen. 



5. Blanche Bay, New Britain; Dr. Willey. — Two specimens. 



COMASTER GRACILIS (Hartlaub) 



Actinometra sp. 1894. Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 402 (1). 

 Actinometra typica 1899. Bell, Willey's Zoological Results, part 2, p. 134 



(2).— Brit. Mus., MS. (5). 

 Antedon indica 1902. Bell, in Gardiner, Fauna and Geography of the Mal- 



dive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, vol. 1, part 3, p. 224 (3). 

 Actinometra stellata Brit. Mus., MS. (4). 

 Actinometra tridistichata Brit. Mus., MS. (1). 





i. Macclesfield Bank; 30 fathoms. — One specimen. 



2. Blanche Bay, New Britain; Dr. Willey. — One specimen ; there 

 are three or four post-radial axillaries. 



3. Hulule, Maldives. — One specimen ; in some cases VBr are 

 present. 



4. Fiji. — One specimen. 



5. "Section A. Ship" ; 7 fathoms. — Arms. 



