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MR. F. P. BEDFORD ON IIOLOTHURIATfS [NoV. 15, 



Several specimens from Rotuma, average about 40 mra.x 12 mm. 



The colour of all the specimens is very striking and constant 

 (v. Sluiter & Ludwig, I. c), the warta on which the papillae are 

 erected being distinctly yellow as described by Ludwig. 



In three specimens dissected the following variations occurred : — 



HoLOTHiJRiA MACULATA Brandt. 



(Genus SitoracUpus, subgenus Acolpos) v. H. Ludwig, Z. f. w. Z. 

 XXXV. 1881, p. 595. 



Holothuria arenicola Semper ; C. Semper, Eeisen im Arch. 

 Philipp. Bd. i. Hoi. 1868, p. 81, Taf. xx., Taf. xxx. fig. 13, Taf. xxxv. 

 %-4. 



Distribution. Recorded from greater part of In do-Pacific region 

 and also from East and West American regions of circumtropical 

 zone. 



Two specimens from outer reef, and one from shore of lagoon, 

 Funafuti, up to 126 mm. X 22 mm. ; all quite typical (internal 

 anatomy not examined). 



Holothuria vagabunda Selenka. 



Holothuria vagabunda E. Selenka, Z. f, w. Z. xvii. 1867, Taf, xix. 

 figs. 75, 76. 



Holothuria lagcena Haacke; H. Ludwig, Ber. Oberh. Ges. xxii. 

 1883, pp. 174, 175. 



Beferences. H. Theel, 'Challenger' Holothurioidea, ii. 1885, 

 p. 180, pi. vii. fig. 10. 

 E. Koehler, Mem, Soc. Zool. France, viii. 1895, pp. 383, 



384. 

 H. Ludwig, Ergeb. d. Hamb. Magalh, Sammelreise, 



Lf. iii. 1898. 

 H. Ludwig, Fauna Chilensis, Heft ii. p. 449. 

 Koehler. after examining specimens from different localities, 

 proposed to unite H. vagabunda and H. lagena. 



Distribution. This species is recorded from all over the Indo- 

 Pacific region of the circumtropical zone, from as far E. as the 

 Cocos Islands and Peru to as far W. as the E. of Africa : Lampert 

 gives the locality Adelaide (Berlin Museum) ; and if this refers to 



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