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PLATE VIII. 
Fig. 1. Holothuria spinifera, n. sp. a, side view of a table ; h, disk of a table, seen from 
the under surface ; c, side view of a large table, belonging to the papillae ; 
d, disk of the same table, seen from the under surface ; e, buttons, seen from 
above ; f, side views of buttons ; g, supporting rods from the ambulacral 
appendages. . 
Fig. 2. Stichopus japonicus, var. typicus, nov. a, disk of a table, seen from the under 
surface ; b and c, side views of tables ; d, diverse forms of tables with the 
spire more or less reduced; e, supporting rods from the dorsal processes; 
/, dorsal view of the calcareous ring ; g, ventral view of the calcareous ring. 
Fig. 3. Stichopus sordidus, n. sp. a, spire of a table, seen from above ; 6, side view of 
a table ; c, disks of the tables, seen from the under surface ; d, fenestrated 
plate from the pedicels. 
Fig. 4. Psolus incertus, n. sp. Side view, twice the natural size. 
Fig. 5. Phyllophorus incompertus, n. sp. Anterior extremity of the body. 
Fig. 6. Thy one recurvata, n. sp. Side view, natural size. 
Fig. 7. Holothuria africana, n. sp. a, spire of the tables, seen from above ; h, side 
view of a table ; c, disks of the tables, seen from the under surface ; 
d, irregularly rectangular plates ; e, rounded plates. 
Fig. 8, Holothuria minax, n. sp. a, upper view of a table ; h, disks of the tables, seen 
from the under surface ; c, buttons ; d, supporting rods from the pedicels. 
Fig. 9. Holothuria curiosa, Ludwig, a, diverse forms of tables ; h, buttons ; c, elongate 
buttons from the pedicels ; d, supporting rods or plates from the pedicels. 
Fig. 10. Holothuria monacaria, Lesson, a, upper view of a table; h, under views of 
tables ; c, side view of a table ; d, buttons ; e, supporting rods from the 
pedicels ; f and g, rods from the dorsal appendages. 
