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lar areas the granules are also few, slightly spaced, and about 7 to 

 12 in number. Adambulacral spines: Two on edge of furrow (3 

 may occur on first few plates) and 1 much coarser subambulacral 

 spine. Between the base of latter and first row of actinal inter- 

 mediate spines is a conspicuous naked space. Actinal intermediate 

 spines 1 to a plate, and lacking on a small area back of the mouth 

 plates. 



Type-locality. — Unknown. 



Distribution. — Cape of Good Hope, Madagascar, Mauritius, 

 Andaman, and Nicobar Islands, Java, Moluccas, Philippines, south 

 and east Australia. 



Specimens examined. — One hundred and one : 



Maricaban Island, off Batangas Bay, Luzon, shore; oo specimens. 



Port Binanga, Subic Bay, Luzon; 14 specimens. 



Besoga, Luzon ; 4 specimens. 



Jamelo Bay, Luzon; 1 specimen. 



Mantaquin Bay. eastern Palawan, sand; 5 specimens. 



Panbutan Bay, western Mindanao, reef ; 1 specimen. 



Little Santa Cruz Island, Zamboanga, Mindanao; 1 specimen. 



Babuan Island, Jolo, coral reef; 8 specimens. 



Pangasinan Island, Jolo ; 1 specimen. 



Tataan, Tawi Tawi Group, Sulu Archipelago, shore; 1 specimen. 



Sandakan, Borneo, beach; 7 specimens. 



-No label, 3 specimens. 



Genus ASTERINOPSIS Verrill. 



Astciinop.'iis Verrill, 1913. p. 480. Type, Asterinu penicillaris (Lamarck). 



The following species is by no means typical. There are very few 

 secondary abactinal ossicles and there are small abactinal spiniform 

 pedicellariae. It is apparently related to Paranepa/nthia. 



ASTERINOPSIS PEDICELLARIS (Fisher). 



Plate 114, figs. 2, 3 ; plate 121, fig. 1 ; plate 132, figs. 2, 2a. 

 Nepanthia pedicellaris Fisher, 1913c, p. 217. 



Diagnosis. — Eays 6; R = 22 mm., r = 8 mm., R = 2.75 r; breadth 

 of ra}' at base, 7 or 8 mm. ; abactinal surface arched, actinal surface 

 plane ; rays tapering, bluntly pointed ; radial area of crescentic plates 

 proportionately very broad and not cleai'ly marked off from" the 

 lateral areas which at base of ray are only about 5 plates broad, these 

 being subcircular pseudopaxillae ; larger crescent plates bearing 

 35 to 45 minute, sharp spinelets, and sometimes a simple pedicellaria 

 composed of 2 spinelets stouter than the others, furrow spines 6 or 7 

 webbed, the adoral much the smaller; subambulacral spines webbed, 

 8 to 12; proximal actinal intermediate plates with 7 to 9 slender, 

 webbed spines. 



