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there is a characteristic pedicel laria in, or bordering, most of the 

 papular areas; distally they are much less numerous than proximally i 

 (text fig. 1). ' 



CYCETHRA VERRUCOSA (Philippi) 



Ooniodiscus verrucosus Philippi, Arcliiv f. Naturgesch., 1857, p. 132. 



Cycethra verrucosa Meissner, Zool. Anz, 1898, p. 394. — Koehler, Asteries et 

 Ophiures, Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 

 1901-1903, vol. 1, No. 1, 1923, p. 60, pi. 7, figs. 5, 11, 12, 13; pi. 8, figs. ;3-9. 



Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, three specimens. Near Teal Inlet, 

 Falkland Islands, one specimen, March-April, 1927. 



FIOURE 1. — Ophidiastee agassizii. a char- 

 acteristic PEDICELLARIA, XlOO 



Dr. R. Koehler, in the citation noted above, has given a very full 

 discussion of this species together with excellent figures. 



PATIRIA CHILENSIS (Lutken) 



Plate 3, Figures 1, 2 



Asteriscus cliilensis C. F. LtJTKEN, "Vidensk. Med., 1859, p. 61. 



Asterina chilcnsis C. F. Lutken, Vidensk. Med., 1871, p. 302. — -H. L. Clark, 



Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 52, 1910,* p. 334, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3. 

 Patiria chUensis Verrill, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 35, 1913, p. 482. 



San Lorenzo, Island, Callao, Peru, November 1, 3, 1926, two 

 specimens. 



Antofagasta, Chile, November 15, 1926, one specimen. 



The colors of the Peruvian specimens in life were recorded by 

 Doctor Schmitt as : " Above, dark maroon purple with irregular 

 lines and markings of niie blue; under side, glaucous green, tube 

 feet cream buff " (Ridgway's, Nomenclature of Colors, 1886). 



PATIRIELLA CALCARATA (Perrier) 



Plate 4, Figures 1, 2 



Asteriscus calcaratus Perriee, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 5, vol, 12, 1869, p. 292. 



Asterina calcarata, Perrier, R6v. des Stell^rides, 1875, p. 302. — H. L. Olabk, 

 P.uU. Mua Comp. Zool., vol. 52, 1910, p. 333. — Lieberkind, Nat. Hist. Juan 

 Fernandez and Easter Island, edited by Dr. Carl Skottsberg, vol. 3, Asteroidea, 

 1920, p. 383. 



