RECORDS OF IV. A. MUSEUM. 
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Family : C ALOMETRIDAE. 
Neomeira gorgonia, sp. nov. 
Neometra conaminis , sp. nov. 
Family: THALASSOME 1 RIDAE. 
Ptilomdra macronema (J. Muller). 
These species fall naturally into the following classes : — 
East Indian Species. 
Capill aster sentosa. Comanthus annulata. 
Capillaster multivadiata. Comanthus parvicirra. 
Australian Tropical Species. 
Comatula purpurea. Tropiometra afra. 
Zygometra elegans. ? Neometra gorgonia. 
Amphimetra discoidea. ? Neometra conaminis. 
South Australian Species. 
Comatulella brachiolata. Ptilometra macronema. 
The family Calometridae was not previously known to occur 
on the Australian coasts, though it was to be expected that it would 
be discovered as soon as dredging operations were carried into 
sufficiently deep water. 
Capillaster sentosa also is new to the Australian coasts, though 
in view of its wide range in the East Indian region its presence 
here is not surprising. 
Tropiometra afra , though only known from Australia, has been 
previously reported only from Bowen, Queensland ; its occurrence 
on the west coast, and so far to the southward is therefore a matter 
of considerable interest. 
The known range of Capillaster multiradiata has been extended 
southward from Dirk Hartog Island, and the occurrence of 
Comatulella brachiolata, Comatula purpurea, Comanthus annulata, 
Zygometra elegans an d Amphimetra discoidea in the vicinity of Perth, 
about which there had previously been some question, has been 
established. 
