NO. 15 RECENT CRIXOIDS IN BRITISH MUSEUM— CLARK 15 



6. Macclesfield Bank; 13 fathoms.— One specimen; the centro- 

 dorsal bears the stumps of a row of cirri. 



7. Blanche Bay, Nezv Britain.— One specimen; there are XIII 

 stout cirri about the edge of the centrodorsal. 



8. Suvadiva, Maldives. — One enormous specimen. 



9. Philippines. — One specimen. 



10. Malacca. — One specimen. 



11. Solomon Islands; H. M. S. " Penguin"— One large specimen. 



12. No Locality. — One specimen. 



Genus COMANTHUS A. H. Clark 



Specific Group BENNETTIA A. H. Clark 



COMANTHUS BENNETTI (J. Miiller) 



Actinometra bennetti 1894. Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 396 (1).— 

 1899. Bell, Willey's Zoological Results, vol. 2, p. 134 (2, 5). 



Actinometra grandicalyx 1899. Bell, Willey's Zoological Results, vol 2 

 P- 134 (3)- 



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



1. Macclesfield Bank; 13 fathoms. — One small specimen. 



2. Loyalty Islands. — One large specimen; the cirri are XXIV, 

 21-22, smooth, stout and well developed, arranged in two rows on 

 the centrodorsal ; the outer IIIBr series are 2 ; all the other division 

 series are 4(3 + 4): VBr series are present. 



3. New Britain. — One specimen. 



4. Lelti Island. — One beautiful specimen with seventy-two arms, 

 resembling the specimen from the Pelew Islands in the Copenhagen 

 Museum. 



5. Loyalty Islands. — One specimen similar to No. 2, but with 

 somewhat larger and stouter cirri; the cirri are XXXIII, 21; the 

 division series are 4 (3 + 4) except the IIIBr series which are 

 mostly 2; Avhen IIIBr 4 (3 + 4) series occur they are internal; 

 VBr series are present. 



COMANTHUS TRICHOPTERA (J. Miiller) 



Actinometra trichoptera 1888. P. H. Carpenter, "Challenger" Report, 

 Comatuke, p. 345 (1).— 1888. Bell, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), 

 vol. 2, p. 402 (2).— 1890. P. H. Carpenter, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 

 vol. 2 (N. S.), p. 135 (3).— Brit. Mus., MS. (4, 5). 



1. Port lackson, Nezv South Wales; " Challenger!'— One speci- 

 men. 



2. Port Phillip, Victoria; J. Bracebridge Wilson. — Two specimens. 



