DR. P. II. CARPENTER ON TITE 



Report on the Comatulae of the Mergui Archipelago, collected 

 for the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. 

 John Anderson, F.R.S., Superintendent of the Museum. 

 By P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.L.S., Assistant 

 Master at Eton College. 



[Bead 21st June, 1888.] 

 (Plates XXVI. & XXVII.) 



The Comatula? collected by Dr. Anderson at Mergui were all 

 obtained at one locality, King Island. Most of them belong to 

 the genus Antedon, two species of which are represented by five 

 and by twelve examples respectively ; while there are three other 

 individuals belonging to as many different species, one of which is 

 new to science. The genus Actinometra is represented by three 

 examples of a new and remarkable type, which I found to be the 

 host of a parasitic Myzostoma. Three of the species of Antedon 

 were similarly infested; and the Myzostoma-^QG\Q^ found on 

 them have been placed in the hands of Professor von Gratf for 

 identification and description. 



The following list contains the names and specific formula? 

 of the Mergui Comatula>, which are classified on the principles 

 set forth in the Report on the Comatula) dredged by the 

 'Challenger'*. 



Genus ANTEDON, de Freminville. 



Scries I. 

 /'.7/f/ans-group. 



bo 



A. Andersoni, sp. n. A. R. 2. 2. 2. 2. — 

 A. elegam, Bell. A. R. 3. 2. (2). : . 







Sorics II. 

 Milberti-growp. 



A. Milbcrti, Mull., sp. A. r« 



* Zool. 'Challenger' Bkped., part lx., 1888. 



