4 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Asterina gibhosa (Pennant), var.=A. cephus f, "Philippines, im 

 Berliner Museum." 



Asterina pentagona (Miiller and Troscliel)=Pa^meZZa exigua 

 (Lamarck), Provinz Albay auf Luzon. 



Luidia maculata Miiller and Troschel, Manila Bay. 



The next year in a short paper the following species are ascribed 

 to the Philippines: 



Echinaster Solaris ^ch.m\^Q\.=iAcanth/ister planci (Linnaeus), 

 described; Zamboanga, Mindanao. 



Gymnasteria carinifera (Lamarck) =-4«^er'o;>e carinifera^ Zaia- 

 boanga, Mindanao. 



In 1875, Perrier in the Revision described Scytaster ohtusus 

 {=Nardoa ohtusa) from the Philippines. The type, which I have 

 examined, is a young specimen. He also records the following 

 species : 



Acanthaster echinites=A. planci. 



Echinaster fallax=Othilia purpurea. 



Ophidiaster pusillus. 



Linckia miliaris=L. laevigata. 



Scytaster tuherculatus=Nardoa tuherculata. 



Pentagonaster spinulosus=Anthenea spinulosa. 



Pentaceros ohtusatus^Pentaceropsis ohtusata. 



Asterina cepheus. 



Pter aster crihrosus^=Retaster insignis. 



Sladen (1889) described the following new Philippine species 

 from the Challenger collections : 



Astropecten imhellis, off Tablas Island, 100 fathoms. 



Astropecten monacanthus, east of Panay, 20 fathoms. 



Dytaster inermis, Celebes Sea, between Celebes and Mindanao, 

 2,150 fathoms. 



Luidia aspera, off Zamboanga, Mindanao, 10 fathoms; off Tablas 

 Island, 100 fathoms. 



Luidia longispina, east of Panay Island, 20 fathoms. 



Pontaster truUipes, west of Luzon, 1,050 fathoms. 



Nymphaster syniholicus, off Tablas Island, 100 fathoms. 



Leptogonaster cristatus^ off Tablas Island, 100 fathoms. 



Pentaceros productus^ var. tuherata, off Zamboanga, 10 fathoms: 

 off Malanipa Island, 10 fathoms. 



Pholidaster sguamatus, off Tablas Island, 100 fathoms. 



Asterias {Stolasterias) volsellata^ near Cebu, 95 fathoms. 



Freyclla echinata, Celebes Sea, between Celebes and Mindanao, 

 2,150 fathoms ; west of Luzon, 1,050 fathoms. 



He also recorded the following species collected by the Challenger: 



Craspidaster hesperus^ east of Panay Island, 20 fathoms. 



