REPORT ON TTIE ASTEROIDEA. 393 



4. Asterina pectinifera (Mtiller and Troscliel), v. Martens. 



Asteriscus pectinifer, ZSIuller and Troscliel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 40. 



Asterina pectinifera, v. Martens, 1865, Archiv f. Naturgesch., Jahrg. xxxi. Bd. i. p. 352. 



Locality. — Yokohama. Depth 5 to 25 fathoms. 



5. Asterina folium (Liitken), Agassiz. 



Asteriscus folium, Liitken, 1860, Videnskab. Medd. naturh. Foren. i Kj0benhavn for 1859, p. 60. 

 Asterina folium, A. Agassiz, 1877, Mem. Mus. Cornp. Zool. Harvard, vol. v. No. I. p. 106. 



Locality. — Bermuda. Depth and conditions not recorded. 



Remarks. — A single example was obtained at Bermuda, which I refer with some 

 hesitation to Liitken's Asterina folium. The marginal contour appears to be more 

 pentagonal, the interbrachial arcs being less indented ; and the abactinal plates seem to 

 me to be relatively larger and more convex in form. 



Asterina folium, Lutken, is placed by Perrier ' as a synonym under Asterina minuta, 

 Gray. The example under notice differs altogether from the type specimens of Asterina 

 minuta, Gray, which are preserved in spirit in the British Museum, and still bear their 

 original label in Gray's handwriting. These examples do not appear to have been seen 

 by Perrier. Under these circumstances I regard the Asterina folium of Lutken and the 

 Asterina minuta of Gray as distinct species. 



6. Asterina cepheus (Miiller and Troschel), v. Martens. 



Asteriscus cepheus, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 41. 



Asterina Burtonii, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 289. 



Asterina cepheus, v. Martens, 1866, Archiv f. Naturgesch., Jahrg. xxxii. Bd. i. p. 85. ' 



Locality. — Samboangan, Philippine group. Depth 10 fathoms, on the reefs. 

 A single example in a bad state of preservation. 



7. Asterina penicillaris (Lamarck), v. Martens. 



Asterias penicillaris, Lamarck, 1816, Hist. nat. aninn. s. vert, t. ii. p. 555. 

 Asteriscus penicillaris, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 42. 

 Asterina penicillaris, v. Martens, 1866, Archiv £. Naturgesch., Jahrg. xxxii. Bd. i. p. 74. 



Locality. — Kobe^, Japan. Depth 8 to 50 fathoms. 



1 Revis. Stell. Mus., p. 309 {Archives de Zool. exper., 1876, t. v. p. 229). 

 (zool. chall. exp. — PART Li. — 1888.) 50 



