REPORT ON THE ASTEROIDEA. 583 
* Knight Errant” Expedition : 
Station 3. Off the Island of North Rona. August 3 and 4,1880. Lat. 59° 12’0”N., 
long. 5° 57’ 0” W. Depth 53 fathoms. 
“Triton” Expedition : 
Station 5. In the Faerde Channel. August 10,1882. Lat. 60° 11’ 0” to 60° 20’0” N., 
long. 8° 15’ 0” to 8° 870” W. Depth 433 to 285 fathoms. Bottom temperature 43°°5 to 
40°°8 Fahr. 
16. Asterias (Leptasterias) compta, Stimpson. 
Asterias compta, Stimpson, 1861, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. viii. p. 270. 
Leptasterias compta, Verrill, 1866, Proc. Boston Soc, Nat. Hist., vol. x. p. 350. 
Locality.—Station 49. South of Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 20, 1873. Lat. 
43° 3’ 0” N., long. 63° 39’ 0” W. Depth 85 fathoms. Gravel, stones. Bottom tempera- 
ture 35°°0 Fahr. ; surface temperature 40°-5 Fahr. 
Remarks.—lI have referred a series of examples from Station 49 to this species. The 
form appears to be very closely allied to Asterias tenera, but I have not seen a sufficient 
number of specimens of the latter species to warrant a more definite expression of opinion 
as to their specific relationship. 
F. Asterias tenuispina group: Subgenus STOLASTERIAS, nov. 
17. Asterias (Stolasterias) gemmifera (Valenciennes, M.S.), Perrier. 
Asteracanthion gemmifer (Valenciennes, M.S.), Perrier, 1869, Ann. Sci. Nat., 5e Série, t. xii. p. 237, 
pl. i., figs. 12 a,t, c. 
Asterias gemmifer, Perrier, 1875, Révis. Stell. Mus., p. 46 (Archives de Zool. expér., t. iv. p. 310). 
Locality. —Off Kandavu, Fiji Islands. On the reefs. 
18. Asterias (Stolasterias) tenuispina, Lamarck. 
Asterias tenuispina, Lamarck, 1816, Hist. nat. anim. s. vert., t. il, p. 561. 
Asterias Savarest, Delle Chiaje, 1825, Memorie sulla stor. e not. Anim. s. vert. Napoli, vol. ii. p. 357, 
tav. xvill. fig. 6. 
Echinaster Doriz, Filippi, 1859, Revue et Mag. de Zoologie, 2e Série, t. xi. p. 63. 
Echinaster tribulus, Filippi, 1859, Revue et Mag. de Zoologie, 2e Série, t. xi. p. 64. 
Asterias glacialis, Grube, 1840, Actin. Echin. u. Wiirmer d. Adriat. u. Mittelmeers, p. 23. 
Asteracanthion tenuispinus, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 16. 
2 Asterias atlantica, Verrill, 1871 (1868), Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. i. part 2, p. 368, 
Locality.—Off Bermuda. On the reefs. 
19. Asterias (Stolasterias) calamaria, Gray. 
Asterias calamaria, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag, Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 179. 
Asteracanthion calamaria, Miiller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 19. 
