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Holothnria difficilis. F. P. Bedford. Holothurians coll. by Stanley Gar¬ 
diner at Funafuti & Rotuma. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898. 
p. 838. PI. LII. Fig. 3. 
Actinopyga parvula. W. K. Fisher. The Holothurians of the Hawaiian 
Islands. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1907. p. 645. PI. 
LXVII; Figs. 2-2 g. 
— — W. B. Be nham. Report on Sundry Invertebrates from 
the Kermadec Islands. Trans. New Zealand Inst. 
1912. p. 136. 
Miilleria — H. Hel fer. Ober einige von Dr. R. Hartmeyer 
im Golf v. Suez ges. Holothurien. Mitt. Zool. Mus. 
Berlin. VI. 1912. p. 330. 
— W. Erwe. Holothurien. Die Fauna Siidwest-Au¬ 
straliens, herausgeg. v. Michaelsen & Hartmeyer. 
Bd. IV. Lief. 9. 1913. p. 366. 
Holothuria difficilis. W. Erwe. Ibid. p. 381. Taf. VII. Fig. 17. 
? Argiodia parvula. I. Pearson. Notes on the Holothurioidea of the Indian 
Ocean. II. The subgenera Argiodia and Actinopyga. 
Spolia Zeylanica. IX. 1914. p 177. PI XXVIII. Fig.4. 
Distribution. The Indo-Pacific, from the Red 
Sea and Mauritius to Hawaii and the Kermadec Is¬ 
lands; West Australia. 
4. Actinopyga Bedfovdi n. sp. 
Actinopyga parvula. F. P. Bedford. Holothurians .... Funafuti & Ro¬ 
tuma. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1898. p. 836. PI. LII. Figs. 
1 a—d. 
Distribution. Funafuti and Rotuma. 
5. Actinopyga aegyptiana (Helfer). 
Miilleria aegyptiana. H. Hel fer. Ober einige.im Golf v. Suez 
ges. Holoth. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin. VI. 1912 p 330. 
Distribution: Gulf of Suez. 
In conclusion I wish to express my best thanks to Dr. Th. 
Mortensen for giving me the opportunity to study this excel¬ 
lent material from his Pacific expedition 1914—16, for his valu- 
able help, and the interest with which he has alway favoured my 
studies. 
19—11-1921. 
