160- FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



It has often happened when we have obtained the Antheuea in 

 abundance that some have been lying about the deck, others 

 entangled in the trawl, or buried beneath the seaweeds for many 

 hours. Ultimately these specimens have been hastily gathered 

 up and placed in spirits, resulting in a series of distorted 

 examples, which would be very misleading to a worker un- 

 acquainted with the form of a well preserved specimen. 



The following are the measurements of four specimens of 

 Anthenea acuta, Perr., showing the differences due to the mode 

 of preservation : 



R 130mm. R 115mm. | 



r 63mm. r 65mm. > Well preserved. 



Height 50mm. Height 37mm. ) 



R 110mm. R 113mm. | 



r 50mm. r 65mm. > Badly preserved. 



Height 17mm. Height 20mm. j 



OPHIUROIDEA. 



OPHIOCOMA SCOLOPENDRINA, Ayass. 



Ophiocoma scolopendrina, Agass., Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchatel, 

 i., p. 192, 1835 ; Lyman, Chall. Rep. Zool., v., p. 170, 

 pi. xlvii., fig. 3. 



One half grown specimen. 



OPHIOCOMA ERINACEUS, Mull. & Trosch. 



Ophiocoma erinaceus, Mull. & Trosch., Syst. Asteriden, p. 94, 

 1842; Lyman, 111. Cat. Mus. Com. Zool., 5., 1865, p. 85. 



Twenty-two examples, mostly young. 



OPHIARTHRUM ELEGANS, Peters. 



Ophiar thrum elegans, Peters, Monatsb., K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 

 1851, p. 464. 



One half grown specimen. 



HOLOTHUROIDEA. 

 MUELLEKIA ECHINITES, Jaeger. 



Muellvria echinites, Jaeger, De Holoth., 1883, pp. 17-18, pi. iii., 

 tig. 6 ; Semper, Reisen Arch. Phil. Holoth., 1868, p. 76, 

 pi. xxx., fig. 8. 



One specimen obtained at low water line on the outer reef- 

 Native name, ' Funafuna." 



