140 REPORT ON THE ECHINODERMS (OTHER THAN HOLOTHURIANs) ETC. 



DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES ON PLATE XVII 1 . 



Figs. 1, l a . Salmacis elegans from the aboral, and oral poles, x 3. 



Figs. 2, 2 a . Upper and under views (x2) of a Starfish, whose systematic position I am 

 quite unable to determine, unless, indeed, it be allied to the Pythonasterinae of Mr 

 Sladen. The single specimen is quite young, and it is possible that, later on, it would 

 have lost the comparatively long spines that project from its dorsal surface; at this 

 stage, at any rate, there is no sign of any nidamental pouch ; the spines on either 

 side of the ambulacral grooves are united by membrane into continuous fringes. This 

 tantalizing specimen was collected at Sandal Bay, and it is to be hoped that larger 

 examples with more definite characters will soon be obtained. It is hopeless to give it a 

 name, as the editor suggests, as it is impossible to say in what genus it should be 

 placed. 



1 Plate XVH faces page 150. 



