PLATE LXXVII. 



Figs, i-irf. Orthasterias forreri (Loriol) Verrill. .Spines and pedicellariae; 

 i, a, dorsal spine with pedicellariae removed, X 8; I, b, lower 

 marginal ; c, upper marginal ; d, outer adambulacral ; e, inner 

 adambulacral spine ; X 17 ; f, g, h, some of the detached 

 minor pedicellariae; la, two of the minor pedicellariae grasping 

 a fiber of hemp from the tangles; lb, ic, dermal minor pedi- 

 cellariae from the dorsal side, X 17 ; id, a-f, dermal major 

 pedicellariae from dorsal and lateral areas. 



Fig. 2. Orthasterias leptolena Verrill. Type. Major pedicellariae; a-d, 



four varieties from the dorsal and lateral areas ; X 17. 



Fig. 3. Allasterias forficulosa Verrill. Minor pedicellariae ; a, with valves 



united ; b, c, detached valves ; X 146. 



Fig. 3a. The same; a, b, c, detached valves of major pedicellariae; X 74- 



(156) 



