SEA LILIES, STARFISHES, ETC. — CLARK. 27 



to Flinders Island, South Australia, while C. loveni occurs 

 from Port Jackson northward to Claremont Island, Queens- 

 land. It is true that C. loveni is recorded from Port Phillip, 

 Victoria, but further proof of its occurrence there is desirable. 

 Perhaps the specimen in the British Museum is the victim of 

 a misplaced label or a slip of the pen. 



Locs. — Twenty miles north-north-east of Double Island 

 Point, southern Queensland, 30 fathoms. One specimen. 



Thirteen miles north by west of Double Island Point, 

 Queensland, 25-26 fathoms. One specimen. 



ASTEROIDEA. 



The Starfishes, which the "Endeavour" collected, may 

 fairly be counted as one of the most interesting lots which 

 has been brought together by any one vessel since the 

 " Challenger's " famous voyage. It is not so large as some 

 that have been gathered by the " Albatross," but its value is 

 disproportionate to its size, since it adds so much to our 

 knowledge of the Australian marine fauna, three-fourths of 

 the species taken being remarkable for one reason or another. 

 The collection consists of two hundred and sixty-five speci- 

 mens representing forty-four species, but fifteen of the species 

 are represented by a single individual each ; only four species 

 are represented by more than twenty specimens each and of 

 none are there twenty-five. As a natural consequence there 

 is little opportunity to discuss growth changes or even 

 individual diversity. Of the forty-four species, twenty-one 

 are new to science, four are new to Australia and nineteen 

 were previously known from that continent. But even 

 among these nineteen species, there are a number whose 

 occurrence in the " Endeavour " collection adds important 

 data to our knowledge of their distribution. There is one new 

 genus and several of the new species compel modifications of 

 the diagnoses of the genera in which they are placed. The 

 occurrence of the genera Lonchotaster, Mimaster, Mediaster, 

 Calliaster, Ogmaster, Pteraster, Zoroaster, Pedicellaster and 

 Odinia in Austrahan waters is of great interest ; several of 

 them have not previously been known in that quarter of the 

 globe, and at least three of them are characteristic of the 

 North Atlantic, where all, save Calliaster and Ogmaster occur. 



The geographical distribution of the species is of much 

 interest, as it reveals a very marked difference between the 

 eastern, southern and western coasts of the continent. Of 



