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" Knight Errant " Expedition : 



Station 3. Off the Island of North Rona. August 3 and 4, 1880. Lat. 59° 12' 0" N., 

 long. 5° 57' 0" W. Depth 53 fathoms. 



" Triton " Expedition : 



Station 5. In the Faeroe Channel. August 10, 1882. Lat. 60° 1 1' 0" to 00° 20' 0" N., 

 long. 8° 15' 0" to 8° 8' 0" W. Depth 433 to 285 fathoms. Bottom temperature 43°'5 to 

 40°-8 Fahr. 



16. Asterias (Leptasterias) compta, Stimpson. 



Asterias compta, Stimpson, 1861, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. viii. p. 270. 

 Leptasterias compta, Verrill, 1866, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. x. p. 350. 



Locality.— Station 49. South of Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 20, 1873. Lat. 

 43° 3' 0" N., long. 63° 39' 0" W. Depth 85 fathoms. Gravel, stones. Bottom tempera- 

 ture 35" - Fahr. ; surface temperature 40°-5 Fahr. 



Remarks. — I have referred a series of examples from Station 49 to this species. The 

 form appears to be very closely allied to Asterias tencra, but I have not seen a sufficient 

 number of specimens of the latter species to warrant a more definite expression of opinion 

 as to their specific relationship. 



F. Asterias tenuispina group : Subgenus Stolasterias, nov. 



17. Asterias (Stolasterias) gemmifera (Valenciennes, M.S.), Perrier. 



Asteracanthion gemmifer (Valenciennes, M.S.), Perrier, 1869, Ann. Sci. Nat., 5e Sene, t. xii. p. 237, 



pi. i., figs. 12 a,\b, c. 

 Asterias gemmifer, Perrier, 1875, Revis. Stell. Mus., p. 46 (Archives Je Zool. exper., t. iv. p. 310). 



Locality. — Off Kandavu, Fiji Islands. On the reefs. 



18. Asterias (Stolasterias) tenuispina, Lamarck. 



Asterias tenuispina, Lamarck, 1816, Hist. nat. anim. s. vert., t. ii. p. 561. 



Asterias Savaresi, Delle Chiaje, 1825, Memorie sulla stor. e not. Anim. s. vert. Napoli, vol. ii. p. 357, 



tav. xviii. fig. 6. 

 Echinaster Dorix, Filippi, 1859, Revue et Mag. de Zoologie, 2e S6rie, t. xi. p. 63. 

 Echinaster tribulus, Filippi, 1859, Revue et Mag. de Zoologie, 2e Serie, t. xi. p. 64. 

 Asterias glacialis, Grube, 1840, Actin. Echin. u. Wiirmer d. Adriat. u. Mittelmeers, p. 23. 

 Asteracanthion tenuispinus, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 16. 

 I Asterias atlantica, Verrill, 1871 (1868), Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. i. part 2, p. 368. 



Locality. — Off Bermuda. On the reefs. 



19. Asterias (Stolasterias) calamaria, Gray. 



Asterias calamaria, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 179. 

 Asteracanthion calamaria, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 19. 



