NO. 2022. NEW STARFTSFTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES— FISHER. 213 



Type-locality. — Station 5617, off Ternate Island, west of Gillolo 

 Island, Molucca Islands, 131 fathoms, bottom not recorded. 



This genus, like Narcissia and Ferdina might reasonably be in- 

 cluded in the Goniasteridee. It is placed in the Linckiidse, however, 

 on account of the irregular abactinal skeleton, small margmals, and 

 the close granulation which covers the body and obscures the out- 

 lines of the actinal and abactinal plates. The general appearance 

 suggests the Linckiidae. But the rather long slender furrow spines 

 and prominent subambulacral spines are unlike those of an}^ other 

 genus of this family, while the abactmal and actinal intermediate 

 spines are exceptional, and without parallel hi any of the Linckiidae 

 having a large disk. The genus does not seem to be nearly related 

 to any kno^vn. 



FERDINA GLYPTODISCA, new species. 



Resembling F. offreti Kcehler; differing in having all the prominent 

 abactinal plates, and all the marginal plates with an extensive, 

 central naked area; the smaller abactinal plates less distinct and not 

 at all convex; granules smallest on center of obscured plates, largest 

 over the sutures (reverse in offreti); abactmal area narrower, about 

 equal to extreme wddth of superomarginal plate; inner series of small 

 actinal intermediate plates lacking; adambulacral spmes 3 (2 in 

 offreti). Rays 5. R = 35 mm., r=ll mm., R = 3.2 r; breadth of ray 

 at base, 13 mm. Rays and disk very rigid; abactinal surface sub- 

 plane, actinal surface convex. 



Type.—Ceit. No. 32636, U.S.N.M. 



Type-locality. — Station 5640, Buton Strait, Celebes (a mile west of 

 Labuan Blanda Island), 24 fathoms, sand, broken shells. 



Genus FROMIA Gray. 



Key to some East Indian species of Fromia. 



a^. Superomarginal plates of distal half of ray large and small alternating; granules 



surrounding papular pores, larger than the others major. 



a~. Superomarginal plates not large and small, alternating. 



6'. Abactinal plates of proximal half or two-thhds of ray in regular longitudinal 

 series; marginal plates very regular, most of them longer than wide; rays 

 slender; furrow spines 2 or 3, subambulacral spines 2; actinal pedicellariae. 



eusticha. 

 b'^. Abactinal plates not in regular series, 

 c'. Most of the marginal plates with 1 or more central, enlarged tubercular gran- 

 ules; rays slender, about 3 times as long as width at base hemiopla. 



c2. Marginal plates without central tubercles; rays usually about 2 to 2 J times 

 as long as width at base milleporella. 



FROMIA EUSTICHA, new species. 



Differing from typical F. milleporella in having longer, slenderer 

 rays, more regularly arranged abactinal plates, only 2 adambulacral 

 furrow spines on distal half of ray, and abundant actinal pedicellariae. 



