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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGEE. 



Chorological Synopsis of the Species herein mentioned. 



1. Linckia guildingii, Gray. 



Linckia Guildingii, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 285. 



Ophidiaster ornithopus, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 31. 



Scytaster stella, Duchassaing, 1850, Anim. Radiaires des Antilles, p. 4. 



Linckia ornithopus, Verrill, 1871 (1867), Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. i. part 2, p. 344. 



Locality. — Porto Praya, St Jago, Cape Verde Islands, 

 recorded. 



Depth and conditions not 



2. Linckia miliaris (Linck), v. Martens. 



Pentadactylosaster miliaris, Linck, 1733, De Stellis marinis, p. 34, tab. xxviii. No. 47. 



Asterias Ixvigata (pars), Linne, 1766, Systema Naturae, ed. xii., p. 1100. 



Linkia tyjms, Nardo, 1834, De Asteriis, Oken's Isis, p. 717. 



Ophidiaster Ixvigata, Miiller and Troschel, 1840, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, April 



1840, p. 103. 

 Linckia Brownii, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 285. 

 Linckia crassa, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 284. 

 Ophidiaster miliaris, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 30. 

 Ophidiaster clathrata, Grube, 1864, Jahresber. Schles. Gesellsch. Vaterl. Cultur, p. 51. 

 Linckia miliaris, v. Martens, 1866, Archiv f. Naturgesch., Jahrg. xxxii. Bd. i. p. 64. 

 Linckia Ixvigata, Liitken, 1871, Videnskab. Medd. naturh. Foren. i Kj0benhavn, p. 267. 



Localities. — Kandavu, Fiji Islands. On the reefs. 

 Zebu, Philippine Islands. On the reefs. 



3. Linckia pacifica, var. diplax (Miiller and Troschel). 



Linckia pacifica, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 285. 



Ophidiaster diplax, Midler and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 30. 



1 Ophidiaster irregularis, Perrier, 1869, Ann. Sci. Nat., 5e Serie, t. xii. p. 253. 



Linckia nicobarica, Liitken, 1871, Videnskab. Medd. naturh. Foren. i Kj0benhavn, p. 265. 



Localities. — Tongatabu. Depth and conditions not recorded. 

 Kandavu, Fiji Islands. On the reefs. 



