of the Fishery Board for Hcoiland. 309 



The haihynictrical rango of the species extends, in the British seas, 

 from 20 to 82 fathoms. It has also been obtained in the North Atlantic 

 at a dej)th of 150 fathoms. At Station X. in the Moray Firth, 19 to 42 

 fathoms, a fine specimen with only four rays was obtained. 



GYMNASTEIlIinyE. 



Porania. 



Poraiiia jmlcillu^, O. F. Miiller. 



1892. Porania imJ villus, Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 79, 80, \>\. x., 



figs. 7 and 8. 

 1896. Porania jmlvillus, Scott, F.B. for Scotd. Rept., No, 15, 

 p. 161. 

 Only one specimen of Porania I'^ulvillus has been taken by ma in the 

 Moray Firth area, at Station XIY., in 29 to 35 fathoms. Mr. F. Jeffrey 

 Bell, in his Catalogue of Britisli Echiuoderms, gives the late Dr. Suther- 

 land, of Invergordon, as the authority for its having been obtained off the 

 Ross-shire coast, Init gives no depth. 



Its bathymetrical range extends in the British seas from 10 to 40 

 fathoms. It has also been taken by the Porcupine Expedition ofi" the 

 west coast of Ireland in 106 fathoms. 



P. imlvillus appears to be very rare in the Moray Firth. On the west 

 coast and islands of Scotland it is comparatively common. 



AsTERINIDiE. 



Palmipes. 



Palmipes placenta, Pennant. 



1872. Palmipes placenta, Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 84, 85, 

 1892. ,, „ Herdman, Livpl. Marine Biol. Assoc. 



1890-91) 1892). Palmipes placenta, Scott,Proc.R.P. Soc, Edin., 

 p. 82 ; Pearcey, F.B. for Scotland Rept. 17, 1897, pp. 59, 60. 



Palmipes placenta has been taken by me on four occasions in the 

 Moray Firth, at two stations only, viz. Stations VIII. and X., in 17 to 

 36 fathoms. I consider it, therefore, an uncommon form in this area. 



Its bathymetrical range in the British seas extends from 5 fathoms on 

 the west coast of Scotland, where it is found moderately common to 110 

 fathoms in the Firth of Lome. 



Stichasterid.^;. 



Stichaster. 



Stichaster roseus, 0. F. Mlill. 



1884. Stichaster roseus, Pearcey, Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc, Edinb., 



p. 404. 

 1892. ., Scott, F.B. for Scotland Rept., p. 161. 



,, ,, Bell, Brit. Mus. Cat., pp. 85, 86. 



Stichaster roseus is apparently a rare form in the Moray Firth. I have 

 only obtained it twice, at Station VII., in 25 to 33 fathoms. 



Its bathymetrical range extends in the British seas from 10 to 50 

 fathoms, but it has been taken off the Irish coast at a depth of 200 

 fathoms. 



