2i6 Southcyn Cross. 



recognise its gi'eat variability, and his establisliment of seven species 

 after the ai)i)earance of Mr. Sladeu's ' Challewjer ' report can only be 

 regarded as a piece of Gallic gaiety. 



Ci/ciUira .siiiqilex, Bell, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 90; Stiuler, Abli. Ak. Berl. (Anhanp), 



(18S4) [;")], 1.. 11: I'enicr, Miss. Cap. II. mil (18111), 

 p. K. 122. 



elcctilis, Shulcn, ' ChallciKjer ' \\e\>., Ast. (1880), p. 877. 



„ iiilidii „ ,, „ „ p. '^70. 



,, i>inijHi>i „ „ ,, „ p. 3"0. 

 iloii(/a(a, runicr, Miss. Cap. Horn. (Ib'.H), p. K. 172. 



„ media „ „ „ p- K- 174. 



„ ustcriiia „ „ „ ]'• K. 170. 



„ suhcledilis „ „ ■• ]'. K. 18J. 



„ caha „ „ „ p. K. 183. 



„ reyularis „ „ „ p. K. 184. 



„ asterisctts „ „ „ „ 



I'rofessor Terrier's observations ou the variability of this siugnlar 

 form, which it fell to my lot to describe, from a single specimen, 

 twenty years ago, are fully borne out by the very interesting series 

 before me. 



Distribution. — Apparently circum polar. 



Stations.— Ca,i)G Adare : 5-7 fathoms : Nov. 22nd, 1899 (28-9° F.). 



Cape Adare : 24 iathoms : Jan. 2nd, 1900 (29' F.). 



Cape Adare: 26-28 fathoms: Jan. 9th, 1900 (29-2" F.). 



Cape Adare: April Gth, 1899. 



Franklin Lsland : 10 fathoms : Feb. 9th, 1900 (29-8" F.). 



Franklin Island: 10-24 fathoms: Feb. 9th, 1900 (29-8' F.). 



Itobertson Bay : 2 fathoms : Sept. 27th to Oct. 2nd, 1899. 



Odontaster MEKIDIUNALIS. 



Astrogonium meridionale, E. A. Sinitli, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. XVII. 



(187G), )). lU'J. 



Odontaster meridionalis, BlH, V. Z. S., ltU3, ]>. 2G1, Ibique citata ; Lepoldt, 

 Zuit. r. Wi.ss. Zu(..l., lix. (Ib'Jo), p. 020. 



A young specimen of this variable species was fouiid washed up 

 on «horeat Cape Adare after a gale. I cannot think that I'rof. A'errill 

 (Trans. Connect. Acad. x. (1899), p. 202) has sufliciently weighed the 

 varial)ility of this starhsh and its allies. 



Its distribution would appear to be circumpolar. 



