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Zittel’s ^^Nucleolites" papillosiis which may prove to be a fore- 
runner of Apatopygus. I have not seen an undoubted example of 
^^Lovenia'' forbesi from New Zealand, but there are one or two 
closely allied forms. Of the Spatangidae, all I can say at present 
is that the genera indicated by Hutton need reconsideration, 
while most of his species are based on hopelessly imperfect material, 
There is, however, a large series of better specimens now available, 
and it is obvious that the two species of the family now living in 
the area are relics of a far more comprehensive fauna. 
H. L. Hawkins. 
It is, of course, too early to draw any conclusions as regards 
the former interrelation between the New Zealand and the Austra- 
lian Echinoderm faunas from the preliminary informations given by 
Prof. Hawkins in the above note, the more so as also the Austra- 
lian fossil Echinoderm fauna stands greatly in need of a complete 
revision. 
I beg to thank Professor Hawkins most cordially for his 
kindness in allowing me to include the above most interesting 
note in my report. 
A most interesting problem is the relation of the New Zealand 
Echinoderm fauna to that of the Antarctic and Subantarctic 
region, especially the Magellanic region. As seen from the 
list of the New Zealand Echinoderms given above only two species 
are known with certainty to be common to the New Zealand and 
the Magellanic region, viz. Åmphiura magellanica and Cucumaria 
calcarea; very probably also Gorgonocephalus chilensis will ultimately 
be found to be common to both regions, the New Zealand form 
being only provisionally regarded as a separate variety. Several 
more species have been maintained to be common to the two 
regions, e. g. Notechinus magellanicus, Echinus margaritaceus, Ophio- 
nereis Schayeri, Odontaster Cray i, Caudina chilensis, Cucumaria bre- 
videniis, Cuc.leonina\ but these are all erroneous identifications, as 
has been shown in the present and the two previous reports on 
the New Zealand Echinoderms. The two (three) above named spe¬ 
cies have come instead of the old, erroneous cases to show that 
there is some slight relation between the New Zealand and the 
