BY H. FARQUHAR. 315 



Rpt., Vol. XXX., p. 810; Martens, 1889, Sitz. der Gesell. naturf. 

 Berlin, p. 183. 



D i,s t r i b u t i n. — New Zealand; Australia; Philippine Isds.; 

 Timor; Madras; Mauritius; Zanzibar; Red Sea; New Guinea. 



ASTERIID5:. 

 42. ASTERIAS CALAMARIA. 



A. calamaria. Gray, 18-10, Ann. Mag-. Nat. Hist., Vol. vi., 

 p. 179 ; 1866, Synopsis of Starfish, p. 1 ; Perrier, 1875, Revis. 

 Stell. Mus., p. 43 (Archiv. Zool. Exper., t. iv.); Bell, 1881, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc, p. 494; Studer, 1884, Verb. d. Akad. d. Wissensch. 

 Berlin, p. 8; Bell, 1884, "Alert" Rpt., p. 123; 1884, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc, N.S.W., Vol. ix, p. 498; Loriol, 1885, Mem. Soc. Phys. 

 Geneve, Vol. xxix., p. 4; Sladen, 1889, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. 

 XXX., p. 583 ; Etheridge, 1889, " Lord Howe Island," p. 38 ; 

 Farquhar, 1895, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xxvii., p. 200; 1898, 

 Vol. XXX., p. 187; AsteracanthioH calamaria, Miiller and Troschel, 

 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 19 ; Dujardin and Hupe, 1862, 

 Suites a Buffon, Echin., p. 339; Asteracanthion tenuispinus and 

 A. calamaria, Michelin, 1845, Magasin de Zoologie, p. 18; Cosci- 

 nasterias muricata, Verrill, 1867, Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. 1, 

 p. 249 (Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xii., p. 280); Hutton, 1872, Cat. 

 Ech. N.Z., p. 6 ; Asteracanthion australis, Perrier, 1869, Ann. 

 Sci. Nat. 5® Serie, t. xii., p. 220 ; Asterias jehomesei, Perrier, 

 1875, Revis. Stell. Mus. p. 47 (Archiv. Zool. Exper., t. iv., p. 311). 



Distribution. — New Zealand; Lord Howe Island; Aus- 

 tralia; Ta.smania; Mauritius; 0-38 fms. 



43. Asterias scabra. 



Margaraster (?) scaber, Hutton, 1872, Cat. Ech. N.Z., p. 5 ; 

 Asterias scabra, Sladen, 1889, "Challenger" Rpt., Vol. xxx.,. 

 p. 826; Farquhar, 1895, Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. xxvii,, p. 202. 



Distributio n. — Wellington; Nelson; Akaroa. 



