150 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [CHAP. lV. 
in sand patches, Ophioglypha sarsii, Livken. The 
most abundant asterid was Asteropecten tenuispi- 
nus, always a marked object from its bright red 
colour— with here and there an example of Archaster 
andromeda and Pteraster militaris. Every haul 
brought up several specimens of the so-called large 
x! 
Fic. 25.— Archaster vexillifer, WyvILLE THomson. One-third the natural size. (No. 76.) 
form of Hehinus norvegicus, here of a pale colour, 
somewhat conical, and looking suspiciously like 
small forms of #. flemingiz. 
Along with one or two specimens of <Archaster 
andromeda, we took at Station 76 an exceedingly 
beautiful Archaster (Fig. 25), certainly by far the 
finest species yet dredged in the Northern Seas. 
The_arms are flattened, somewhat square in section 
