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was collected in the Moluccas. Previously this species was already 
known from Amboina (Bedot 1907). 
Except Halomitra echinatus, which is only known from Fiji and 
from the Banda-group, the species of the genus Halomitra are 
found everywhere in the eastern part of the East Indian Archi- 
pelago and in the Pacific region. Halomitra philippinensis is more¬ 
over found in the Philippines (Studer 1901) and in the Maldives 
and Chagos-group (Gardiner 1905, 1909). Halomitra robusta is 
recorded from the west point of Timor (Siboga Expedition, Stat. 
303, van der Horst 1921), Amboina (Quelch 1886, Bedot 
1907), Banda, Kei Islands (the present author), Funafuti (Gar¬ 
diner, 1898), Japan and Torres Straits (van der Horst 1921). 
It is uncertain if the specimen in the Leyden Museum for which 
the locality „Japan" is given, in reality has been found there. 
The specimen of H. robusta, identified by van der Horst (1921) 
with Ddderleinia irregularis, cannot have been found in the recorded 
locality (Siboga Expedition, Stat. 225). The depths, from which 
material was collected in this Station, varied from 421 to 1811 
meters, and as the vertical limit of distribution of the Fungids 
does not exceed 70 m, this statement must be incorrect. 
In the Leyden Museum there is also a specimen of Polyphyllia 
talpina, labelled „Japan" (cp. van der Horst 1921). This state¬ 
ment, however, needs fuither affirmation, for from this region no 
other Fungids have been recorded. 
