JAPANESE ASTEROroEA. 669 



0. australis Lütkfn '71. 0. forcipulosus Lütken '6t. 0. nodulosv.fi Peeeiek '76. 

 0. rmmmüMus M. T. '42. 0. valvulatus M. T. '42. 0. granulosus Gray '47. 0. 

 chinensis Gray '40. 0. decipiens, n. sp. 0. nodosus = Pentaceros turritus Pekeier 

 '76 = Asterias nodosa Linné xü part. 0. Uulcus M. T. '42. 0. hedemamii Lütken 

 '71. 0. lincki= Asterias lincki de Blainville Die. sc. nat. 1:l = Pentaceros muricatus 

 Pekkier '76. 0. alveolatus Peiœier '76. 0. reinhardti Lütken '64. 0. produdus, n. 

 sp. (?) 0. lütkeni, n. sp. 0. occidentalis Verrill '67. 0. dorsatus (Perrier '75) = 

 Astenas dorsata Linné ll'ô^ = Asterias nodosa Linné 17G6 (part.) = 0. clavatus M. Ï. 

 '42=0. dorsatus Lütken (Pereiee's synonymy inexact). 0. reticulatus = Asterius 

 reticulata Linné 1766 = Pentaceros grandis, gîhhus, reticulatus. aculeatus Gray '40 = non 

 Oreaster gigas Grtjbe '57=0. tuberosus Möbius. 0. armatus = Pentaceros {Xidorellia) 

 armata Gray 'iQ=I\idorellia armata Pereiek '16 = Nidorellia micheltni Pereier '76. 

 0. westermanni Lütken '71. 0. superbus Möbius '59. 0. gracilis Lütken '71, 0. 

 grayi, n. si). = Pentaceros nodosa Gray '40. 0. orientalis M. T. '42. 0. troscheli, n. 

 sp. 0. mülleri, n. sp. 0. carinatus M. T. '42. Sp. incertaä : Sp. o. Sp. ß. List of 

 apparently distinct species : affinis M. T., alveolatus Perrier, armatus Pereier, aust- 

 ralis LÜTKEN, carinatus M. T., chinensis M. T., dorsatus M. T., forcipulosus Lütken, 

 gratis Lütk., gramdosus Perrier, hedemanni Lütk., hiulcus M. T., lincki Lütk., 

 mammillatus M. T., nodosus M. T., nodosus (Gray), nodulosus Perrier, occideidalis 

 Veeeill, orientalis M. T., regidus M. T., reinhardti Lütk., reticulatus M. T., s^iperhus 

 Möbius, tuherculatus M. T., valvulatus M. T., verrucosus M. T., westermanni Lütk. 

 List of the more important synonyms : aculeatus M. T. = reticulatus, clavatus M. T. = 

 dorsatus, clouei Peeeier = nodosus, franklini Gray = nodosus, gigas Linné = reticulatus, 

 lapidarius Guvbe =reticidati(s, mamm.osus Peeeier = nodosus, raichelini | Peeeier = 

 armatus, muricatus Gbay =lineki, nodosus Giixr = grayi (Bell), ohtusangulus M. T. = 

 Goniaster obtiisangidus, sebœ de Blainyxlle = reiicwZa^Ms, turritus =nodosus. 



'84a. Echinodermata. Keport on the Zoological Collections made in tlie 

 Indo-Pacifîc Ocean during the Voyage of H. M. S. 'Aleif 1881- 

 2, p. 117-177 + p. 509-512. 



Asterias calamaria. Asterias polyplax. Echinaster purpureus = Othilia purpurea Gray 

 '^0=Echin, fallax M. T. '42. Metrodira subidata. Linckta lœvigata. Linck. nodosa. 

 Linck. marmorata = Ophidiaster marmoratus Michelin '45. Linck. pauciforis. Linck. 

 megaloplax, n. sp. Linck. sp. Anihenea flavescens. Oreaster gracilis. Ch-east. nodosus 

 = Asterias nodosus Lxnné =Pentoce?'Os turritus Peeeier '75. Oreast. sp. Stellaster 

 belcheri. Stellaster incei. Pentagoruxster copphvjeri, n. sp. Peritagonaster validus, n. 

 sp. Borigona longimana. Asterina belcheri. Astaina ccdcar. Asteiina cepheus. As- 

 terina gunnii. Asta^ina regularis. Asterina (Xepanthia) h^evis, 2 figs. Patiria crassa 

 Gray. Lxddia sp. Astropecten coppingeri, n. sp. Astropecten polyacaivthus. Archaster 



