36 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
REPORT ON THE ECHINODERMS. 
By Hupert Lyman Cuark. 
The first five months of the Museum year were spent as a mem- 
ber of the party sent by the Carnegie Institution of Washington to 
Torres Strait. On the outward voyage, I had opportunities to 
collect echinoderms at Tahiti; Sydney, N. S. W.; and Green 
Island near Cairns, North Queensland. In Torres Strait, our head- 
quarters were at Mer, the largest of the Murray Islands, but col- 
lections were also made at Thursday, Prince of Wales, Mulgrave, 
and Darnley Islands. On the homeward voyage, ten days were 
spent at the Hawaiian Islands, and successful collecting was done 
at Pearl Harbor and at Hilo. I was also able to visit the Museums 
and examine collections at Wellington, Sydney, Brisbane, Mel- 
bourne, Auckland, and Honolulu. The tangible results of the 
journey consist of nearly 2,700 echinoderms, including more than 
600 crinoids, and representing two hundred different species. Of 
these at least seventy-five were new to the collections of the 
Museum and nearly fifty seem to be new to science. Small col- 
lections of reptiles, spiders, insects, mollusks, and Algae were also 
brought back. For the necessarily extended leave of absence, 
which made the trip possible, my thanks are sincerely offered to 
the Museum authorities. It is also a pleasure to thank Dr. A. G. 
Mayer, leader of the party, and R. Etheridge Esq., Curator of the 
Australian Museum, Sydney, for constant and oftentimes. unusual 
courtesies and assistance. | 
Since January first, my time has been given to the identifying, 
labeling, and cataloguing, not only of the Australian material, 
but of the extensive additions to the collections from other sources. 
The total increase for the year consists of about 3,400 specimens, 
representing more than 300 species, of which 108 were new to the 
collections, including examples of 10 genera previously unrepre- 
sented. The principal additions are as follows:— In return for 
assistance in identification of material; from the United States 
National Museum, 159 specimens of 16 species of clypeastroids; 
from the Colombo Museum, Ceylon, 66 specimens of 30 species; 
