SEA LILIES, STARFISHES, ETC.—CLARK. Pall 
to Flinders Island, South Australia, while C. lovent occurs 
from Port Jackson northward to Claremont Island, Queens- 
land. It is true that C. loveni is recorded from Port Phillip, 
Victoria, but further proof of its occurrence there is desirable. 
Perhaps the specimen in the British Museum is the victim of 
a misplaced label or a slip of the pen. 
Locs.—Twenty miles north-north-east of Double Island 
Point, southern Queensland, 30 fathoms. One specimen. 
Thirteen miles north by west of Double Island Point, 
Queensland, 25-26 fathoms. One specimen. 
ASTEROIDEA. 
The Starfishes, which the “Endeavour” collected, may 
fairly be counted as one of the most interesting lots which 
has been brought together by any one vessel since the 
‘““Challenger’s ” famous voyage. It is not so large as some 
that have been gathered by the “‘ Albatross,” but its value is 
disproportionate to its size, since it adds so much to our 
knowledge of the Australian marine fauna, three-fourths of 
the species taken being remarkable for one reason or another. 
The collection consists of two hundred and sixty-five speci- 
mens representing forty-four species, but fifteen of the species 
are represented by a single individual each ; only four species 
are represented by more than twenty specimens each and of 
none are there twenty-five. As a natural consequence there 
is little opportunity to discuss growth changes or even 
individual diversity. Of the forty-four species, twenty-one 
are new to science, four are new to Australia and nineteen 
were previously known from that continent. But even 
among these nineteen species, there are a number whose 
occurrence in the ‘“‘ Endeavour” collection adds important 
data to our knowledge of their distribution. There is one new 
genus and several of the new species compel modifications of 
the diagnoses of the genera in which they are placed. The 
occurrence of the genera Lonchotaster, Mimaster, Mediaster, 
Calliaster, Ogmaster, Pteraster, Zoroaster, Pedicellaster and 
Odinia in Australian waters is of great interest ; several of 
them have not previously been known in that quarter of the 
globe, and at least three of them are characteristic of the 
North Atlantic, where all, save Calliaster and Ogmaster occur. 
The geographical distribution of the species is of much 
interest, as it reveals a very marked difference between the 
eastern, southern and western coasts of the continent. Of 
