96 MARINE FAUNA OF ST. ANDREWS. 



Fam. 3. Spatangidae. 

 Genus Spatangus, Klein. 



Spatangus purpureus, O. F. MuUer ; Forbes, Brit. Starf. 

 p. 182. 



Not uncommon in deep water, and occasionally tiirown on 

 the West Sands by storms. 



Genus Echinocardium, Gray. 



Echinocardium cordatum, Pennant ; Forbes, Brit. Starf. 

 p. 190. 



Very common off the West Sands, and tossed on the beach 

 at all seasons. 



Echinocardium ovafum, Leske ; Forbes, Brit. Starf. p. 194 

 (as Amphidotus roseus). 



Occurs in deep water, and on the beach after storms ; some- 

 what rare. 



Order V. Holothuroidea. 



Fam. Psolidae. 



Genus Psolus, Oken. 



Psoitis phantaptis, L. ; Forbes, Brit. Starf. p. 203. 



Occasionally from deep water, and brought in by the fishing- 

 boats. 



Fam. Pentactae. 



Genus Cucumaria, Blainville. 



Cucumaria ? 



A large purplish-brown species, common on the West Sands 

 after storms. Mr. Norman thinks " this is probably the , 

 species found by Mr. Goodsir off the Fifeshire coast, and re- 

 feiTcd to G.frondosa by E. Forbes. It is very like that species 



