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terias) glacialis, from Finmark, Iceland, along the coast of Europe 

 into the Mediterranean, and extending to the Canary and Cape Verde 

 Islands. * Asterias (Lejptasterias) mulleri, from Finmark, the coast of 

 Norway, and the north of the British area. Asterias hispida, Asterias 

 violacea, and Asterias rubens, from the British area, the last reputed 

 to extend to Senegal. Asterias richardi and * Asterias (Stolasterias) 

 tenuispina, from the Mediterranean, the latter extending to Madeira, the 

 Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and Bermuda. "'Asterias (Stolasterias) 

 eustyla, from Nightingale Island. "Asterias (Stolasterias) africana, 

 Asterias capensis, and Asterias rarispina, from the Cape of Good Hope. 



Indian Ocean : Two or three species between the parallels of 0° and 40° S. 



Asterias borbonica, from the Island of Bourbon. * Asterias (Stolas- 

 terias) calamaria, from Mauritius, and extending to Australia and 

 New Zealand, thus passing into the Pacific. Asterias fungi/era 

 bears only the vague record of "Australia"; it may therefore be not 

 correctly included in the Indian Ocean fauna. 



Southern Ocean : Six species between the parallels of 40° and 60° S. 



* Asterias perrieri, Asterias studeri, Asterias rupicola, and * Aste- 

 rias meridionalis, from Kerguelen Island, the last-mentioned also from 

 Heard Island. '" Asterias (Smilasterias) scalprifera, from Heard Island 

 and Marion Island. % Asterias (Smilasterias) triremis, between Ker- 

 guelen and Heard Island. 



Eastern Archipelago : Three species between the parallels of 20° N. and 20° S. 

 Asterias nuda, from Torres Strait. % Asterias vesiculosa, from the 

 Arafura Sea, north-west of the Arrou Islands. '"Asterias (Stolasterias) 

 volsellata, off Zebu, Philippine Islands. 



Pacific : Fifty-one (and perhaps fifty-four) species between the parallels of 

 70° (?) N. and 60° S. 



Asterias cribraria, from the Arctic Seas north of Bering Strait. 

 Asterias acervata, from Bering Strait. Asterias camtschatica, 

 Asterias ochotensis, and Asterias pectinata, from Kamtschatka. 

 ^Asterias amurensis, from the Gulf of Tartary, and extending to 

 Japan. Asterias japonica, Asterias rollestoni, '■'Asterias torquata, 

 'Asterias versicolor, and '''Asterias (Stolasterias) stichantha, from 

 Japan. Asterias acutispina, off the Island of Oosima. * Asterias 

 (Stolasterias) calamaria from Australia and New Zealand, and extend- 

 ing into the Indian Ocean. Asterias fungi/era is reputed to be from 

 Australia, but the exact locality is unknown, and its reference to the 



