JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TOKYO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY. 

 VOL. XXIX., ARTICLE 1. 



A Descriptive Monograph of Japanese Asteroidea. 



I. Archasteridse, Benthopeetinidae, Poreellanasteridae, 



Astropeetinidae, Luidiidee, Pentagonasteridae, 



Oreasteridae, Gymnasteriidae, 



Asterinidae. 



By 



Seitaro Goto. 



Professor of Zoology in the Science College, Imperial University of Tokyo. 



TFitli 19 Plates. 



This monograph is based on a study of the following collec- 

 tions of Asteroidea : 



1). Collection of the Science College, Imperial University of 



Tokyo. (S. C.) 

 2). Collection of the Imperial Mnseum at Ueno, Tokyo. (I. M.) 

 3). Collection of the Fisheries Bureau, Department of Agi'icul- 



ture and Commerce, Tokyo. (F. B.) 

 4). Collection of the Higher Normal School of Tokyo. (H. 



N. S.) 

 5). Collection of the Higher Normal School of Hiroshima. 



(H. N. S. H.) 

 6). Collection of the First High School, Tokyo. (I. H. S.) 

 7). Collection of the Higher Normal School for Women in 



Tokyo. (H. N. S. W.) 



