542 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [40] 
Diplopteraster multipes (Sars) Verrill. Fig. 43. 
B. range, 134 to 640 fathoms (197 to 239 fathoms, 1883). Common and 
widely diffused as far south as off Cape Hatteras. 
Hymenaster modestus Verrill. 1885. 
B. range, 1,098 to 1,451 fathoms, 1883. Rare. 
Porania grandis Verrill. 1879. Figs. 44, 44a, 45, 45a. 
B. range, 66 to 373 fathoms, 1883. Not uncommon. 
Poraniomorpha spinulosa Verrill. 
Porania spinulosa Verrill, Prec. Nat. Mus., 1879, p. 202. 
B. range, 86 to 640 fathoms (122 to 250 fathoms, 1883). Not uncom- 
mon. 
Astrogonium granulare M. & Tr. Figs. 48, 48a. 
B. range, 122 to 640 fathoms (122 fathoms, 1883, George’s Bank). 
Rare south of Cape Cod; more common off Nova Scotia and north- 
ward. 

Hippasteria phrygiana Gray=H. plana auth. Fig. 47, variety. 
B. range, 30 to 150 fathoms, north of ‘Cape Cod (50 to 150 fathoms, 
1883, George’s and Brown’s Banks). Northern; common off Cape 
Cod, in the Gulf of Maine, off Nova Scotia, and northward. 
Odontaster hispidus Verrill. 1880. 
B. range, 56 to 487 fathoms (65 to 239 fathoms, 1883). Common ; 
locally abundant. 
Astropecten articulatus Say. 
B. range, shore to 25 fathoms, south of Cape Hatteras (15 to 20 fath- 
oms, 1883). 
Archaster arcticus M. Sars. 
B. range, 113 to 547 fathoms, 1883. Frequent, but only in small 
numbers. 
Archaster Americanus Verrill. 1880. 
B. range, 45 to 225 fathoms (65 to 197 fathoms, 1883). Common, 
widely diffused, and often very abundant. 
Archaster Flore Verrill. 1879. Fig. 36. y 
B. range, 86 to 410 fathoms (197 to 259 fathoms, 1883). Common, and 
widely diffused ; locally abundant. 
Archaster robustus Verrill. 1584. 
B. range, 938 to 1,467 fathoms, 1883. Not rare in the deeper dredg- 
ings. 
Archaster grandis Verrill. 1884. 
B. range, 1,106 to 2,033 fathoms, 1883. Common; very abundant 
locally. 
Archaster Agassizti Verrili. 1589. 
B. range, 182 to 1,342 fathoms (499 to 13342 fathoms, 1883). Common 
and widely diffused; locally sometimes very abundant. 
