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clonjiatc, rather tii|)i'rinf; at tlie end, nearly seven times as 

 long as the width of the body ; back and sides with equal- 

 sized tubercles, and moderate-sized dotted interspaces on 

 the sides; apical tuberelcs moderate. Nardo ; Graij, Ann. 

 N. H. 18 lO, p. iJHI. Ophidiaster miliaris, Midi. ^- Trosch. 

 Ast. 30. Pentadaetylosaster miliaris, Linck, t. 28. f. 47. 

 Ast. Iwvif^ata, L'nin., Linn. 3'J. Distorted. Asterias eometa, 

 BlainvUU'. Inhab. Mediterranean, Linn. Kgypt, Sir J. 

 G. tnikinson. 



See a. Liuekia franciscus, Nardo. 



2. Linckia crassa. Rays elongate, thick, cylindrical, blunt 

 at the ends, nearly three times as long as the width of the 

 body ; apical tubercle indistinct. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1810, 

 p. 285. Inhab. ? 



3. Linckia Broumii. Rays elongate, cylindrical, rather 

 tapering at the end, four times as long as the width of the 

 body; back of the ai'ms with three or four rows of small 

 tubercles; sides with four rows of large ])iereed spots; 

 a])ieal tubercle moderate. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, p. 285 ; 

 Humph. Amb. t. 13. f. E? Seha, Mas. iii. t. 6. f. 13, 14; Grew, 

 Mus. t. 8. f. 1, 2. Inhab. New Holland, Rob. Brown, Esq. 



4. Linckia Leachii. Rays elongate, slender, cylindrical, 

 rather tapering ; sides with three or four rows of rather 

 convex tubercles ; apical tubercle indistinct. Gray, Ann. 

 N. H. 1840, p. 285. Inhab, " Isle of France," Dr. IV. E. 

 Leach. 



\cY\ like L. typus. Our specimens, which arc almost 

 all young of the (kjmet variety, are only to be distinguished 

 from that species by the arms being slenderer. The adult 

 may difi'cr more. 



5. Linckia Guildingii. Brown, olive varied ; rays slender, 

 elongate, cylindrical, nearly equal, largely gi"anular; back 

 and sides with groups of three or four holes between the 

 interspacesof the tubercles; apical tuberclcslargeand convex. 

 Monstrosity 6-raycd. Gray, Ann. N.H. 1840,p.285; Miill.&f 

 Trosch. Ast. 33. Inhab. St. Vincent's, Rev. L. Guilding. 



Did'crs from L, typus principally in being much smaller 

 and slenderer, 



G. Linckia pacifica. Rays elongate, cylindrical, rather 

 ta])ering at the end, six times as long as the width of the 

 body, with close oblong convex ossicula; apical tubercle 

 indistinct ; the scries of spines near the ambulacra crowd- 

 ed together with them. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, p. 285. 

 luhab. Tahiti, on the reefs, //. Cuming, Esq. 



7. Linckia Columbia;. Rays elongate, cylindrical, ratlicr 

 tapering at the end, covered with large coarse granulations ; 

 series of spines very close to the ambulacral spines, oblong 

 and truncated. Monstrosity with one of the rays long, the 

 rest small, reproduced. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, p. 285. 

 luhab. West coast of Columbia, //. Cuming, Esq. 



tt Rays 5, rather trigonal, with one or tivo continued 

 bands of pores, without any intervening tubercles on 

 each side. Phataria. 



8. Linckia uni/ascialis. Rays trigonal, tapering; back 



witli tlirce rows of flat ossicula; sides with a single 1)road 

 baud of pores; rather more than three times as long as 

 broad. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, p. 285. Ophidiaster sutu- 

 ralis?. Mull. &; Trosch. Ast. 30. Inhab. Bay of Caraccas, 

 West Columbia, on the rocks at low water, //. Cuming, Esq. 



9. Linckia bifascialis. Rays trigonal ; back with four 

 or five rows of irregular convex ossicula at the base, and 

 many at the end of the ray ; sides of the ray with two 

 broad bands of pores at the base and one at the end. Gray, 

 Ann. N. H. 1810, p. 285. 



ttt Rays depressed, with a single pore between each dor- 

 sal ossiculum, and a narrow band of a few pores along 

 each side of the arm. Acalia. 



10. Linckia pulchella. Brown ; rays flat, nearly tlirec 

 times as long as the width of the body ; the spines near 

 the ambulacra oblong, compressed, truncated. Gray, Ann. 

 N. H. 1840, p. 23(5 ; Milll. if Trosch. Ast. 37. Inhab. . 



11. Linckia intermedia. Rays elongate, cylindrical, 

 rather tapering at the end, formed of oblong convex ossi- 

 cula ; pore on the back single, on the sides in two rows of 

 groups of three or four ; the series of spines on the side of 

 the ambulacra separate from it and from one another. 

 Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, p. 28G ; Mull. «c Trosch. Ast. 37. 

 Inhab. . 



12. Linckia erythrtea. Rays elongate, cylindrical ; the 

 row of small spines near the ambulacra double in some 

 pai-t of its length. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1810, p. 28G ; Midi. 

 ^ Trosch. Ast. 37. Inhab. Red Sea, James Burton, Esq. 



See a. Ophidiaster diplax, Midi. 6; Trosch. Ast. (Mus. 

 Berlin). b. Ophid. ornithopus. Mull, ij- Trosch. Ast. 31 ; 

 Vera Cruz. c. Asterias multiforas, Lamk. ii. 5G5 ; Ophid. 

 multiforus, Midi. ^- Trosch. Ast. 31. d. Ophid. Ehren- 

 bergii, MMll. ^ Trosch. Ast. 31 (Berl. Mus.) . e. Ophid. 

 tuhcrculatus, Miill. ^ Trosch. Ast. 32 (Berl. ]\Ius.). 

 /. Oi)hid. cchiuulatus. Mull, t^ Trosch. Ast. 32 (Mus. 

 Lcydeu) . 



c. Ambulacra ivith a series of short filamentous spines, 

 placed in groups of four or fire [one group on each 

 ossiculum) ; rays formed of .'series of tubercles, with [one 

 or two) small holes between them, and covered with 

 granules. 



* Rays luith only one {or two) series of small spines on the 

 side of the ambulacral spines. 



XXIX. FiiOMiA. Rays 5-8, flat, triangular, formed of 

 flat-topped granular tubercles. Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, 

 p. 286. 



1. Fromia milleporella, Gray, Ann. N. H. 1840, p. 286. 

 Scytuster posterius, ^Uill. & Trosch. Ast. 35. Asterias 

 Sebce, Blainv., Scba, Thcsaur. t. 8. f. a, b. 



Var. 1. Rays 6, rather slender. Var. 2. Bays 7, slen- 

 derer. Vai'. 3, Larger, 5- or 6-raycd. Inhab. Isle of 



