ANALYTICAL INDEX. 27S 



II AFTER II.- 



Moit Urge, powerful, and ravenous of iu kind, . PAOI. 94 



Purple Mem* the natural colour, .... ib. 



Inactive, it i* eootracted and apparently helplc**, . . ib. 



Food, >5 



Orarium, . . . . . . . M 



Spawn long of attaining maturity, .... ib. 



Extremely subject to mutilation of the ray*, . . . ib. 



1'Ute XVI., explained, ..... ib. 



2. ASTEUA* K\39r.x*,Redduk-yeUoiD Sta-itar, ' . .97 



Extremely variable in colour, .... ib. 



Reeemble* the previoo* specimen, . . ib. 



One specuBen fifteen inches between the extremitiei of the ray*, ib. 



Form, organs, ovarium, &&, ..... ib. 



Subject to mutilation of the rays, .... 99 



Reproductive energies powerful, .... 100 



Mutilation not incident to me or age, ... ib. 



Same facts apply to both the glaciali* and rubeni, . . 1"! 



Plates XVL, XVII., XVIII., XIX., explained, . 103 



3. AITCKIAS (CIIBSLLA) OCCLATA. This animal is readily recognised, ib. 



Its appearance and organ* described, ... ib. 



Food, .... ... 108 



The young beer DO resemblance to the adult, . . ib. 



Shelters itself under rock* and stones, . . . ib. 



Plate XX. .explained, . . 104 



4. ASTUUAS AJLAMCIACA, ...... ib. 



SIM, organs, colour, A&, ..... ib. 



Propagation, . ...... 105 



Not common, ...... ib. 



Plate XX I., explained, . . ib 



5. ABTUIA* ENDECA, Nine-rayed Star-foil, . . 106 



One of the larger and more beautiful inhabiting the Scottish seas, ib. 



Description, ...... ib. 



Ora, ... ib. 



Not common, _ _ ..... 107 



Plate* XIX., XXII., XXIII., explained, . 108 



6. ACTEUA* (SoLAtTtt) PAPPOSA, .... ib. 



