XO . l 820 RECENT CRINOIDS FROM PHILIPPINES —

The first consignment of crinoids received from the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross, now engaged in work among the Philippine Islands, proves to be a collection of more than usual interest. Not only does it contain a remarkably large number of new and interesting forms, but many species, heretofore known only from single more or less imperfect specimens, are represented. The littoral comatulids of the Indo-Pacific region have already received more attention than any other group of recent crinoids ;