30 " ENDEAVOUR " SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



Oyster Bay, Tasmania, are uniformly gray, those from the 

 south coast of AustraHa are pale yellow, about half the adults 

 are pale fawn-colour, and the remaining specimens are red- 

 brown. Both the " Thetis " and the " Endeavour " collec- 

 tions show that this is a common and widely distributed 

 species, apparently characteristic of south-eastern Australia. 

 The careful working out of its growth changes would be of 

 the greatest value to students of starfishes, as it would throw 

 much light on the validity of specific characters in the large, 

 cosmopolitan genus to which it belongs. It is to be hoped 

 that some Australian zoologist will soon undertake the work. 



Logs. — Eighteen miles south-west of Lady Elliott Island, 

 Queensland, 18 fathoms. 



Eleven miles south by east of Ballina, New South Wales, 

 27-28 fathoms. 



Six miles east of Sandon Bluffs, New South Wales, 35-40 

 fathoms. 



Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales, 15-45 fathoms. 



Oyster Bay, Tasmania. 



Southern coast of Australia. 



Great Australian Bight, 80-120 fathoms. 



AsTROPBCTEN PREissii, Mulhr and Troschel. 



Astropecten preissii, Miiller and Troschel, Arch. f. Naturg.,. 

 ix. i., 1843, p. 119. 



Four of the rays in this individual are regenerating, while 

 the fifth is broken in two ; the latter, however, has no part 

 lacking, and measures 150 mm. in length. Since r=only 20 

 mm., J?=7J r, whereas in Miiller and Troschel's type R=5^ r. 

 In other particulars, however, this specimen agrees well with 

 Miiller and Troschel's description, and since their type is said 

 to have come from south-western Australia, it seems best to 

 refer this individual to their species. 



Loc. — South-east of Flinders Island, South Australia, 37 

 fathoms. 



Genus Lonchotaster, Sladen. 



LONCHOTASTER MAGNIFICUS,! Sp. nOV. 



(Plate VI., fig. 1-2.) 



R=155 mm. ; r=50 mm. ; R=3r. Br=45-50 mm. ; 

 R =3-3.5 br. Disk very large, flattened but elevated in the 

 central area and along the radii ; rays broad, flat, tapering 



1. Magnificus=su\)eTh ; in reference to its notable size and appearance. 



