(Î46. 



.s. CrOï'o : 



lectcfl a considerable quantity of A. rcrjvlnris in tlir neiglihonvliooil of "Wel- 

 lington, Imt I have not fonnd a specimen of A. neozelanica. (I -SMÎte the 

 name ' neozelanica ' in accordance Avith the rnle suggested In* "\'ox Martens, 



Goniasterne og do rioste Kamst jerner forc- 

 kommende Eiindijlader, men ikke, som bos 

 disse, i amlre Ilenseendor ere forskjellige fia 

 dem, der bedakke Interradialfelterne. I de 

 övrige Eivkker tiltage Paxillerne i Storrelsa 

 fra Omkredscn til Armryggen, bvor de gaae 

 jevnt over i dem, der ligge mellem Eygfods- 

 poreme. Hvor de poreba;reiide Tartier ere 

 brcdest, vil man knnne. ttelle 1?> Erokker af 

 Porer ; disse sidde i Eegela enkeltvis, sjeld- 

 nere to eller tre sammen ; paa Hudpladerne 

 mellem disse Porer kan Antallet af Smaapig- 

 ge stige til c. IG ; de ere da ordnede i dobbelt 

 eller tredobbelt E;ekke til skraat stillede, 

 krumme, balvmaanedanncde Smaagrup])er. Paa 

 Stjernens midterste Del flyde disse Piggmpper 

 tildels sammen til kengere sammenbivngen- 

 de Linier, som danne to binandeu krydsende 

 Triangler og tilsammen en femdelt Stjerne, 

 hvis Spidser vende mod Armvinklerne ; det 

 större femkantede Eum i Midten og de fire 

 af de sma^ie trekantede Ei\m, der dannes 

 udeuom dette ved bine Liniers Krydsning, 

 udfyldes af Porer og af PiggmiDper af samme 

 Beskaffenbed som i Nœrbeden af Armvinlv- 

 lerne ; det femte optages af Madrepuri)laden. 

 Bugpladerne b;ore derimod ilvke I'iggriipper, 

 men Iciin enlcelte Pi^e, som ere temmelig 

 8ta;rke, kegledannede og bntte ; deres Ordning 

 i Eîckker vil ses af Figuren ; de tiltage i 

 Stürr(>lsc fra Stjernens Omkreds ind imod 

 Fotlgangene, saalcdes at den med disse i^aral- 

 lele inderste Ejekke er den störste af dem alle, 

 Ambnlakralpapillerne ere stillede i Ciniiiiier 

 paji to (sjelden tre) ; nairmest Munden op- 

 tnede de som staerkere, butte Mundi>igge.— 

 Störrelse : E=l!)mm., r = 13 mm. (maalte paa 

 Eygsiden ; tagno paa Bixgsideu vilde de saiu- 

 me Mnal falde lavere ud)." 



ncanst to tlie margin of tbe süir and run 

 jjarallel witb it and doubtless correspond to 

 tbe marginal plates wbicb are jiresent e. g. in 

 (Joniasters and in most Astropectens, but not 

 ditïcrent in otber respects from tbose tbat cover 

 tbe interradial areas, as is tbe case in tbese 

 starfisbes. In tbe remaining rows tbe i)axillte 

 increase in size from tbe margin towards tbe 

 back of tbe arms, wbere tbey smootbly 

 jiass into tbose tbat be between tbe pajiular 

 l)ores. Wbere tbe i^oriferous areas are broad- 

 est, 13 rows of pores can be counted ; tbese 

 lie as a rule singly, more rarely two or tbree 

 togetber ; on tbe dermal plates between tbese 

 pores tbe number of spinelets maj^ rise to 

 some 16 ; tbey are tben arranged in double 

 or triple rows in obUquely placed, ciirved, 

 crescent- sbaped grouplets. In tbe m.iddle jiart 

 of tbe star tbese groiips of spines partly flow 

 togetber into elongated continuous lines, wbicb 

 form tM"0 intersecting triangles and togetber 

 a five-rayed star, wbose apices are turned 

 to^^ards tbe arm angles ; tbe larger pentagon- 

 al si)ace in tbe middle and four of tbe 

 small triangular spaces, wbicb are formed 

 around it by tbe intersection of tbose lines, 

 are filled witb pores and groiips of sjiines of 

 tbe same cbaracter as tbose in tbe neigbbour- 

 boi)d of tbe arm angles ; tbe fiftb is taken up 

 by tbe madreporic plate. Tbe ventral i>lates 

 on tbe contrary do not bear groups of spines 

 l)ut only single spines, wbicb are tolerably 

 stout, conical and blunt ; tbeir arrangement in 

 rows will be seen from tbe figures ; tbey in- 

 crease in size from tbe margin of tbe star 

 inwards to tbe aralnilacral furrows, so tbat tbe 

 innermost row parallel witb tbe furrow is tbe 

 largest of all. Tbe amb-alacral papilhe are 

 placed in groups of two (seldom tbree, ; next 

 tbe moutb are somewbat stouter, blunt oral 

 spines. — Size: E = 19mm, r = 13mm. (meas- 

 ured on tbe dorsal side ; taken on tbe ven- 



tral side tlie measurements would be less). 



Fabquhar ['iJ7, i>. 19(5] refers to ^1. regularis as follows : 



" A number of s[)ecimens of tin's sjiecies wbicb I bave collected near AVellington sbows tbat 

 it often beHes its name. Two of tbem bave seven rays encb, five bave six rays eat-b, several 

 bave more than one madreporic jilate ; and tbere is a specimen in tbe Colonial lliisimni witb 

 eigbt rays. Several of tbese are so distinct from normrd specimens of ^1. rerjidaris, tbat if a 

 series were f jun 1 in a separate locality, a new species migbt safely be establisbed for tbem. 



