130 s. goto: 



mittleren, ebenso dicken, von denen der adorale meist der kürzere ist, und 

 zwei oder mehr äusseren, etwas kürzeren Fui-clienstacheln. 



" Jederseits etwa 3 kleine Ventrolateralplatten. Bei drei verschieden 

 grossen Exemplaren beträgt E,=:20, 40u. 91mm., r=7, 12 u. 19.5 mm., die 

 ATmbreite=7, 13 u. 21.5 mm, die Zahl der E,andplatten=18, 29 u. 51. 



"Diese Art ist einfarbig, graugelblich bis bräunlich. 



" Ich fand A. scoparius in geringer Tiefe (bis ca. 20 m) sehr zahlreich 

 auf Sand und Schlammboden in der Tokiobai, Sagamibai, bei Tango, Tagawa 

 (am inneren Meere) imd Kagosliima. Es ist der häufigste Seestern an den 

 japanischen Küsten." 



Astropedeii Jiemj)ricJdi is mentioned by Bell [ : 03, p. 244] from the 

 " Zanzibar Channel, 8 fath." It is also mentioned from the Gulf of Manaar 

 by the Heedmans [Hjerdman, Herdman and Bell, : 04, p. 143] as follows : 



" Astropeden liempricld, M. and T. 



" Stations I., IV., X., XIV., XX., XXVIH., XXH, XXXIX., XUI., 

 XLVn., XLVn. and LTV., i^ractically all round the island, at depths of 4 

 to 40 fathoms. It is especially abundant on some parts of the pearl 

 banks." 



In the same paper [p. 149] Bell has the following remarks on this 

 species : 



" I beg once more to offer an example of the variability of Ecliinoderms, 

 and to call attention to the mode of distribution of the spicules on the 

 superomarginal j)lates of Astropeden liempricld ; the tlu'ee figures here shown 

 are taken from the tlu'ee specimens found in the bottle to which the late 

 IMr. Sladen afiSxed the name of Ash^opeden zébra. In the Challenger Report 

 A. zebra occupies the following j)osition in the author's key : — 



(A) With small spinelet, on the first four or five plates. 



(a) With four or five spinelets. A well-developed series of pseudo- 

 pedicellarise zebra. 



(b) With one spine only on the first plate. No pedicellariafi .... 

 , velitaris. 



"Inspection of my photographs will show how little constant is the 

 number of spinelets, and the uselessness of the character as an aid to speci- 



