REPORT ON THE ASTEROIDEA. 603 
west of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. PBrisinga costata, off the east 
coast of the United States of North America, between Cape Hatteras 
and Nova Scotia. *Brisinga verticillata, off the coast of North 
America, east of New Jersey. 
SouTHERN OcEANn : Two species between the parallels of 40° and 50° 8. 
*“Brisinga membranacea, between Marion Island and the Crozet 
Islands, and west of the Crozet Islands. *Brisinga discincta, south 
of Australia, 
Paciric: One species between the parallels of 30° and 40° N. 
*Brisinga armillata, off the coast of Japan, south of Kawatsu. 
£. Bathymetrical range: 100 to 2600 fathoms. 
Greatest range of one species: Brisinga mediterranea, 301 to 1454 fathoms 
(fide Perrier). 
y. Nature of the Sea-bottom: Brisinga armillata and Brisinga verticillata on Blue 
mud; Brisinga coronata on Sandy clay; Brisinga discincta on Red clay ; 
Brisinga membranacea on Globigerina and Diatom ooze; Brisinga cricophora 
on Pteropod ooze. 
The species collected by the Challenger Expedition are indicated in the foregoing list 
by an asterisk. 
Chorological Synopsis of the Species. 
Ocean, Range in Fathoms. Nature of the Sea-bottom. 
Brisinga armillata ° 0 Pacific. 1875 Blue mud. 
Brisinga coronata d . Atlantic. 220 to 1366 Sandy clay. 
Brisinga costata . 5 9 Atlantic. 888 to 2021 ae wea 
Brisinga cricophora. : Atlantic. 390 Pteropod ooze. 
Brisinga discincta é : Southern. 2600 Red clay. 
Brisinga endecacnemos . ; Atlantic. 100 to 1095 ise ee 
Brisinga mediterranea . : Atlantic. 301 to 1454 eas aC 
Brisinga membranacea . : Southern. 1375 to 1600 Globigerina and Diatom ooze. 
Brisinga verticillata . : Atlantic. 1350 Blue mud. 
1. Brisinga endecacnemos, Asbjornsen. 
Brisinga endecacnemos, Ashjgrnsen, 1856, Fauna Litt. Norvegixw, Andet Hefte, p. 95, tab. ix, figs. 1-15, 
Localities —“ Porcupine” Expedition : 
*Off Valentia. Depth and conditions not stated, 
*Station 45,1869. South-west of Cape Clear. Lat. 51° 1/0” N., long. 11° 21’ 0” W. 
Depth 458 fathoms. Bottom temperature 8°°9 C.; surface temperature 15°9 C. 
