514 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. XXXIV. 
This is the first post-Linnean reference to the specific name 
rosacea. It 1s antedated by bifida Pennant, 1777, gorgonia de 
Fréminville, 1811, mediterranea Lamarck, 1816 [fimbriata Mil- 
ler, 1821, not available], annulata Risso, 1826, and coralina 
Risso, 1826. 
Comatula rosea J. Mtnuer, 1841. (** Mus. Vienn. MS.”) 
1841. J. Mtiier, Wiegmann’s Archiv. fiir Naturgesch., 1841, I, 
p. 148. 
7OSEA=YOSY. 
A manuscript name adopted by Miller in his description of 
Alecto rosea. 
Comatula rotalaria Lamarck, 1816. 
1816. Lamarck, Hist. Nat. des Animaux sans Vertébres, IT, 
p. 004. 
Type-locality—Australian Seas. MM. Péron and le Sueur. 
rotalaria=circular. Paris Museum. 
Comatula rotularia pr BLAINnvitiE, 1836. 
1836. pr Buarnvinttn Manuel d’Actinologie | 1834], p. 249. 
Editorial error for Comatula rotalaria. 
Comatula scita Dusarpin and Hupk, 1862. 
1862. Dusarprn and Hurr, Hist. Nat. des Zooph. Echinod., 
p. 208. 
A nomen nudum. 
scita=beautiful, elegant. 
Comatula serrata A. H. Crarx, 1907. 
1907. A. H. Cuarn, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., X XXIII, p. 154. 
Type-locality.—82° 33’ 10” north latitude, 128° 32’ 10’’ east © 
longitude (southern part of the Sea of Japan) ; 95 fathoms. 
U.S. 8S. Albatross. 
serrata=serrate. U. S. National Museum. 
This species belongs to the genus Comaster, and not to Coma- 
tula, as stated in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XX XIII, p. 685. 
Comatula simplex P. H. Carpenter, 1881. 
1862. Dusarprn and Hurr, Hist. Nat. des Zooph. Echinod., 
p- 208. 
A nomen nudum. 
1879. P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 2d ser., II, 
p. 28. | 
A nomen nudum. 
1881. P. H. Carpenter, Notes from the Leyden Museum, IT, 
p- 200. 
Ty pe-locality.—Australia. MM. Péron and le Sueur. 
simplex=simple. Paris Museum. 
