0ID1 t "l JJOBTH PA( ITli \m> M'i M i vi w 



3 tion 8131, Monten jrl 

 mini, rocks, two Bpeoime 



The tj pe of Califo Or 



The I \ |" 



fhifl Bpeciea i- \.;\ distinct from i><"li and '"- 



and cm be recognized l>\ u> usually brown oi purplish-brown color and evenly <\\ 

 buted, whitish, dorsal apii ounded bj a cone of blue -km, often very vivid in 



luster 



Ii l- table tlmt tli<> name ffiganteu* fulls to this beautii 



fortunes <>f nomenclature, since the common tide-pool !'"rm is I 

 for the genus [n favorable localities, how< ha large t 



evidenced by the type with R ' ! '* mm., and bj specimens 

 Monterey 1' 



1 have ii"! examined specimens from north of California unless the typ 



11 n. Verrill re< nen from Vancouver Island (Canadian 



al Survej i and de Loriol one from Saanich Inlet, north ol 

 Bide "f Vancouver Island. De Loriol's figure " slum- a specimen with ■ 

 ill, tapered, usually not capitate spines, with occasionally t\\>> or three on the 

 iolaterial plates and usuallj two or three "ii the carinals. Tins specimen may 

 represent a forma comparable to rtainly i- nol t\; 



■ 



ns \s 1 1 it i. n. imiim \v\ i \ 1 1 s stiaam 



' 1867, :■ 327 P 



i C. F. lUkin. 1 i 



- 



D ffei ng from i in having typicallj fewer 

 abacti] 



bilaminab mm . r 52 mi 

 inflated, a inn tinal spil t, widelj Bpaced, sul conical; larger cin 



in nun broad Narrower-rayed fon I R 170 mm., 



J i ollars, 



1 1, . ■ ■: The two i"i mae <•'■ I' ithei n < 



Hinl included in tiie : ewhal heavier spined 



which the type h northern equivalenl but I 



itncns alike One from Sa Dii nith K 140 mm I 



lit li\ e lot 



while ii 

 lent of nine arc u 



I. if.'. 



