REPORT ON THE ASTEROIDEA. 6G1 



Porania spiculata. Also at Stations 150 and 191. 

 Perhnaster fuscus. Also at Station 149d. 

 Asterias (Smilasterias) scalprifera. Also off Marion Island. 

 Labicliaster annulatus. Also at Stations 149h, 150, and 191. 



Station 153. In the Southern Ocean, amongst the pack ice, close to the Antarctic 

 Circle. February 14, 1874. Lat. 65° 42' 0" S., long. 79° 49' 0" E. Depth 

 1675 fathoms. Blue mud. Surface temperature 29° - 5 Fahr. (This was the 

 most southern dredging station during the expedition). 



Pararchaster antarcticus. 



Station 156. In the neighbourhood of the pack ice, near the Antarctic Circle. February 

 26, 1874. Lat. 62° 26' 0" S., long. 95° 44' 0" E. Depth 1975 fathoms. 

 Diatom ooze. Surface temperature 33° - Fahr. 



Lonchotaster forcipifer. Also at Station 157. 



Chitonaster cataphractus. 



Freyella fragilissima. Also at Station 146. 



Station 157. South of Australia. March 3, 1874. Lat. 53° 55' 0" S. s long. 108° 35' 

 0" E. Depth 1950 fathoms. Diatom ooze. Bottom temperature 32°-l 

 Fahr. ; surface temperature 37° '2 Fahr. 



Lonchotaster forcipifer. Also at Station 156. 

 Hyphalaster planus. 

 Hymenaster latebrosus. 



Station 158. South of Australia, 1099 miles south-west of Cape Otway. March 7, 1874. 

 Lat. 50° 1' 0" S., long. 123° 4' 0" E. Depth 1800 fathoms. Globigerina 

 ooze. Bottom temperature 33 0, 5 Fahr. ; surface temperature 45 o, Fahr. 



Hymenaster nobilis. 



Hymenaste r formosus. 



Hymenaster sacculatus. 



Hymenaster c&latus. 



Hymenaster crucifer. 



Station 160. South of Australia. March 13, 1874. Lat. 42° 42' 0" S., long. 134° 10' 

 0"E. Depth 2600 fathoms. Red clay. Bottom temperature 33°-9 Fahr.; 

 surface temperature 55 o, Fahr. 



Brisinga discincta. 



