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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Echinus disjunctus, p. 135, Nagasaki. 
. Boletia radiata, p. 136, Nagasaki. 
2'oxocidaris pur^mrea, p. 137, Nagasaki, 
Salmacis pyra7nidata, p. 159, Timor ; S, conicUf p. 169. 
Cidarid(e. 
Cidai'is verticillata (Lam.), C. 7natidaria (Lam.), C. U'ilndoidos (Lam.), C. 
baculosa (Lam.), and C. fustigera (Al. Ag.) are recorded by Martens {1. c.) as 
found in the East-Indian Archipelago; each species and several varieties are 
described. 
Holothurioidea. 
Synapta digitata. Dr. Baur exhibited specimens of this Echinoderm and 
of its anriciilarian larval form. Prof. Leuckart referred to the contemporary 
investigations of Prof. Thomson on the development of S. mhcei'ens^ which 
did not appear to have any anriciilarian stage. Eericht Deutsch. NatiuTor. 
iind -^rzte in Giessen, 1864, p. 153. Dr. Baur also refers to a curious slug- 
like parasite of Synapta. Ibid. p. 168. 
Lophothuria, g. n., Verrill, 1. c. p. 353. Allied to Psolus ; tentacles 10, much 
subdivided, with a narrow web at base ; no median row of suckers beneath ; 
naked part of body retractile, with 10 vermicular appendages. Sp. L.fahrwii 
(Liitk.) = II. s(piamosa (Eab. 7ico Mull.). 
S7jnapta huskii, sp. n., is described by Dr. M'Tntosh from North Uist, Outer 
Hebrides (Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. v. p. 611, fig. 6) ; and S. galUe7i7iii 
(Herapath) is also noted as occurring in the same locality. 
