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Very probably several of the endemic species will ultimately 
be found to occur also at New Zealand (especially Stewart Island); 
but it would seem very likely that some of them, e. g. Asterina 
aucklandensis, Calvasterias lævigata, and probably also Åmphiura 
præfecta and Cucumaria leoninoides, are truly endemic. Anyhow, 
the faet that this small area possesses endemic forms is most 
interesting, especially in view of the direct connection with New 
Zealand wich must have existed in the earlier Tertiary. That the 
very marked climatic conditions of these islands must have played 
an important role in the development of this endemic Echinoderm 
fauna can scarcely be doubted. Thus, we can well imagine that the 
two species of Calvasterias, the New Zealand C. Suteri and the 
Auckland-Campbell species C. lævigata, have developed from a 
form originally inhabiting the whole of the Southern part of the 
greater New Zealand continent. On the other hånd species like 
Asterina aucklandensis, Åmphiura præfecta and Cucumaria leoninoi¬ 
des have no close relation to any New Zealand species and may 
be supossed to have developed from forms inhabiting only the 
Southern coasts of the greater New Zealand continent. 
The faet that only 8 species have been found at Campbell Is¬ 
land is probably due to this island being less accessible for invest- 
igations outside Perseverance Harbour. The difference in the 
number of species recorded from the two islands, therefore, has 
hardly any deeper zoogeographical meaning. The two species known 
alone from Campbell Island, Notechinus novæ-zealandiæ and Am- 
phiura amokuræ, will, no doubt, prove to occur also at the Auck- 
land Islands, since they are found also at New Zealand. 
I may take the opportunity of mentioning in this connection 
that I found the New Zealand Enteropneust, Dolichoglossus 
otagoensis Benham — hitherto recorded only from the Otago 
coast, but oceurring also at Island Bay, Wellington — in great 
numbers at the Auckland Islands, living among the leaves or 
erusts of Melobesia antaretica (Hook. & Harv.) on the steep rock 
Wall of Masked Island, Carnley Harbour. This most interesting 
locality, upon the whole, is the home of a very rich animal com- 
munity. The most conspieuous species is the beautiful red Cucu¬ 
maria brevidentis, var. carnleyensis, which protrudes among the pale 
pink leaves of the alga, resembling strawberries. Very numerous. 
