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the sexes are separate, as it is the normal case in the genus, or not, 

 cannot be decided here. It is a very interesting fact that the rods 

 in the gonads with eggs are nearly straight and unbranched (Fig. 

 60. 1) while in the gonads with merely sperma they are irregularly 

 branched bodies (Fig. 60. 2). 



In the body-cavity of some of the specimens from 1906 there 

 are found embryos, but they are without greater interest as, due 

 to the acidity of the preserving fluid, they are quite decalcified. 



? Chiridota violacea Johs. Müller. 



Chiridota violacea Johs. Müller. 1850. Anatomische Studien über 

 die Echinodermen. pag. 137. 

 „ „ Clark. 1908. The Apodous Holothurians. pag. 116. 



Lontor, Banda. 7. VI. 1902. Sandy shore, at low-water mark. 1 fragment. 

 There is little room for doubt that the fragment at hand is 

 Johs. Müller's violacea, but as the anterior end of it is wanting 



Fig. 61. Chiridota violacea. 1 Miliary granules from body-wall, x 400. 

 2 Ciliated funnels. X 50. 



and Johs. Müller has not figured the calcareous deposits nor 

 the peculiar ciliated funnels (which he has not seen), the identif- 

 ication of it is not certain. 



The fragment at hand measures without the anterior end 30 cm 

 in length. Its colour is dark purple. The wheel-papillae are large 



