10^ 



ASTEKOIDEA. 





Colour red, orange, or purple. 



Distribution. Eastern side of North Atlantic (Senegal to Pin- 

 mark) ; Japanese Seas. Presence in Arctic Ocean uncertain, in 

 Mediterranean very doubtful. 0-110 fms. 



a-c. Off Island of North Rona.. 



d. Gairloch. 



e. Loch Etive. 



/. Upper Loch Torridon. 



(j. Sound of Lorn, 5-110 fms. 



h. Loch Craignish. 



I. 



m, n. 



o-r. 



u-tv. 



X. 



y-a'. 

 b', d. 



d'-g'. 

 h'. 



a. 



f-i'- 



in . 



n', d. 



p'-r'. 



s'-w. 



x'-d'. 

 d"-r". 

 s"-w". 



Loch Goil, 45 fms. 



Mouth of Kilbrennan Sound. 



Mouth of Kilbrennan Sound, 22 fms. 



Mouth of Kilbrennan Sound, 10-20 fms. 



Near Trench and Kilbrennan Sound. 



Between Great Cumbrae and Weimss 



Ground. 

 Between Sanda and Ailsa Craig, 24 fms. John Murray, Esq. 



Exp. ' Knight Errant.' 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 Hon. A. E. Gathorne 



Hardy. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 

 John Murray, Esq. 



y 



n l -m 4 , 

 n 4 , u 4 . 



r 



Kenmare River. 



Kilkierran Bay. 



Roundstone Bay. 



Galway Bay. 



S.W. Ireland, 100 fms. 



S.W. Ireland, 55 fms. 



S.W. Ireland. 



Donaghadee. 



Tenby, low-water. 



Eal mouth. 



Plymouth. 



Sheerness. 



Cullercoats. 



Firth of Forth. 



Firth of Forth. 



St. Andrew's Bay. 



Montrose, June 13, 18, 20, 21, 26 ; 



July 20, 1889. 

 Aberdeen. 

 Mous?a, Shetland. 

 Shetland. 

 British. 



R. Dublin Soc. 

 R. Dublin Soc. 

 R. Dublin Soc. 

 'Flying Fox ' Exp. 

 ' Flying Fox ' Exp. 

 R. Irish Acad. 

 Belfast Nat. Hist. Soc. 



W. P. Cocks, Esq. 



Miss F. Buchanan. 

 R. Howse, Esq. 

 Dr. Leach. 

 Prof. E. Forbes. 

 Dr. MacDonald. 

 W. Duncan, E.-q. 



G. Sim, Esq. 



E. M. Nelson, Esq. 



E. M. Nelson, Esq. 



Var. attemiata. 



Asterias rubens, var. attenuata, Hodge, Trans. Korthumb. &■ Durh. 

 iv. (1872) p. 137. 



R= 7r to R = 5-5r. 



Arms long in proportion to diameter of disk, narrow at base ; 

 spines not numerous and sometimes feebly developed. 



E. 



105 

 75 



Breadth of arm 

 r. at base. 



15 14 



13 15 



