;U6 SEALE. 



undulated on margins, often with X-shaped bvaiRlies. Habitat: Philippine 

 Islands, in shallow water. 



57. Holothuria edulis Lesson. 



Color a dark reddish-brown, light gray on sides and belly, a minute, dark ring 

 uround the l)ase of the pedicels. The dorsal papilhe are very minute and more 

 scattered than the vuntral pedicels. Disk of the tables reduced to a bmall ring 

 more narrow than the top of the spire, which, when seen from above, presents 

 a small circular hole surrounded bj' 4 prominences, each with 4 or 5 teeth. 

 Habitat: Bohol, in 10 to 20 fathoms of water. 



.58. Holothuria monacaria Lesson. 



Color yellowish white, speckled with lirown or greenish-brown on the back. 

 The young specimens are auburn, with the ventral surface white. The papillse 

 paler. The dorsal papillae are arranged in 4 indistinct longitudinal rows. The 

 rounded disks of the tables have a central hole surrounded by 4 to 12 holes. The 

 spire terminates in 12 teeth. Habitat: Zamboanga, in shalloA\ water. Length 

 110 millimeters. 



.59. Holothuria vagabunda Selenka. 



The color varies from a. dark brown to a reddish-brown. Tlie tables have small 

 disks; the spires terminate in 8 to 10 teeth placed around a nearly circular 

 aperture at their top; buttons with H holes; the dorsal pedicels alone have 

 supporting rods, these are spinous and taper towards the ends. Habitat: Philip- 

 pines, in shallow water. 



60. Holothuria fusco-cinerea Jager. 



Color dusky-red, with some darker transverse bands on the back. The tables 

 never seem to attain the usual length of the spire, nor to have the usual number 

 of transverse lieams. Haliitat : Bohol, in 6 to 10 fathoms of water. Length 222 

 millimeters. 



61. Holothuria immobilis Semper. 



Color on dorsal surface brown, with some darker spots or bands, belly dirty 

 yellowisli-vvhite inclined to brown anteriorly. Tentacles 26; ventral surface with 

 pedicels, the dorsal surface with papilhie. The disks of the tables spinous; the 

 buttons irregularly formed, with about six holes. Haliitat: Bohol, in from ti 

 to 8 fathoms of water. 



02. Holothuria coluber Scniptr. 



The dorsal surface with pajiillae; ventral surface with pedicels. The tables 

 have long spire of 4 rods, and 3 to 5 transverse beams. Habitat: llohol, in 6 to 8 

 fathoms. 



(i.'l. Holothuria impatiens Forskai. 



Color in alcohol, light brown, inclined to violet. Integuments rough, the 

 smooth disks of the tables are pierced with 9 holes of equal Size; buttons sym- 

 metrical with 6 holes. Habitat: Philippines, in 6 fathoms. 



64. Holothuria scabra Jager. 



The color varies witli different loealities. Some are eiiiereous with almost 

 black transverse bands, with a few small \vhilisli bands or spots un the back, the 

 belly being yollowish-white, and each papilla being surrounded with a small dark 

 circle. In other localities they are .paler and punctated with a few large dark 

 spots, but are without the dark bands. The tables are solid, with smooth, well 

 developed disks, spires of usual shape with 12 to 16 teeth. The buttons have G 

 holes, are symmetrital, and for the most part knotted. Habitat: Bohol, in shallow 

 water. Length 170 millimeters. 



