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74 ‘‘ ENDEAVOUR” SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 
are still only 5 series of abactinal spines, but the adradial 
series is very irregular, so that the broad space between the 
medioradial series and the superomarginals, bears relatively 
few and considerably scattered spines ; there are two series 
of actinolateral plates and spines which extend more than 
three-fourths of the arm-length, and the plates of the inner 
series often bear 2 spines; the inferomarginal spines are 
very conspicuous, 5-7 mm. long and 2 mm. wide at tip, thick, 
heavy and deeply grooved on the actinal side at tip; the 
characteristic large, slender pedicellariz are exceedingly 
abundant, especially along the ambulacral furrows and about 
the mouth. The small specimens (dry) are brownish-yellow, 
but the largest (dry) is dull purplish-gray abactinally with 
a decided red tinge, that suggests the possible natural colour. 
Thirteen specimens. 
Locs.—Oyster Bay, Tasmania, 20-40 fathoms. 
East of Babel Island, Bass Strait, 65-70 fathoms. 
Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales, 15-45 fathoms. 
South of Gabo Island, Victoria, 200 fathoms. 
Southern coast of South Australia. 
COSCINASTERIAS GEMMIFERA (Perrier). 
(Plates xxxi.-xxxii.) 
Asteracanthion gemmifer, Perrier, Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool., (5), 
xit;, L869; p. 2o7- 
Coscinasterias gemmifera, Fisher, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7), 
xvi., 1906, p. 574. 
This species was described from a specimen in Paris, re- 
ported to have come from Chili. Sladen, in the “‘ Challenger ” 
Report, listed a specimen, without comment, from the reefs 
at Kandavu, Fiji! Now comes this third specimen from 
Tasmania! So far as I can judge from Perrier’s description 
and Sladen’s “key,” the fine, large ll-rayed individual, 
figured herewith, represents C. gemmifera but I do not believe 
the differences between Perrier’s species and Gray’s C. cala- 
maria are worth much. If C. gemmifera really occurs in 
Chili and Fiji and C. Calamaria really is found at Mauritius 
(as reported), we have a very notable case of distribution, 
which deserves critical study. 
Loc.—Oyster Bay, Tasmania, 20-40 fathoms. 
