30 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



On p. 568 are the original descriptions of Heliaster microbrachia and H. 

 kubiniji. The former is said to have 35 rays, the free portion equalling one- 

 eighth of the diameter and the dorsal spines very small and numerous. 

 The latter has 22-24 rays, the free portion rather less than one-third of the 

 diameter, and the dorsal spines capitate; the name is said to be in honor 

 of "my countryman, M. Kubiniji, the accomplished director of the Hun- 

 garian National Museum at Pesth." Each species is said to be 7 inches 

 in diameter. The specimen of microbrachia was from Cape St. Lucas, 

 while that of kubiniji was from " Cerro Blanco, Cape St. Lucas." 



1862. Dujardin, F. et Hup6, H. 



Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes Echinodermes, etc. Paris. 



On p. 329, 343 and 344 Heliaster Gray is recognized as a genus, and 

 with Asteracanthion forms the first of the three tribes of Asterides. The 

 species Cumingii Gray and multiradiatus Gray are however considered 

 doubtful, and although the characters given by Gray are mentioned, the 

 species are included in the synonymy of the single accepted species, Heli- 

 aster Helianthus Lam. (Sp.). The color of this species is said to be 

 "variee de blanc et de noir, comme tigrine'e"; the size, 20-30 cm. ; the 

 distribution, " Coast of Chili " (thus ignoring Gray's records from the Gala- 

 pagos). The gastropod Sti/lifer is recorded as a parasite. No mention is 

 made of Xantus's paper (1860) or of his proposed species. 



1866. Martens, E. von. 



Ueber Ostasiatische Echinodermen. Arch f. Naturg., Jahrgang 32, 

 1, p. 57-88. Berlin. 



On p. 60 Heliaster is used as a subgenus of Echinaster to include Solaris 

 Schmidel, and "Hupe und Dujardin" are quoted for authority. In this 

 extraordinary slip of the pen are three distinct errors. (1) Hupe and Du- 

 jardin never published anything with the former as senior author. (2) 

 Dujardin and Hupe' (1862) use Heliaster as a separate genus and neither 

 they nor any other author ever used it as a subgenus of, or allied to 

 Echinaster. (3) Schmidel never gave the name Solaris to any species of 

 starfish, though in 1781 he described one, to which Schreber, twelve years 

 later, gave that name ! The starfish to which von Martens refers is ob- 

 viously Acanthaster echinites (Ellis and Solander). — On p. 68 von Martens 

 speaks of the peculiar madreporite of Asterias helianthus. 



1866. Gray, John Edward 



Synopsis of the Species of Starfish in the British Museum. London. 



On p. 2 is what is practically a reprint of that part of p. 179, Gray 1840, 

 which deals with Heliaster, except that Heliaster is now section f, instead 

 of section e, of the genus Asterias. 



1867 a. Verrill, A. E. 



Notes on the Echinoderms of Panama and West Coast of America, 

 with descriptions of new Genera and Species. Trans. Conn. Acad., 

 1, p. 251-322. New Haven. 



