From the Annals and Maoazine op Natural History, \ Cl^ 

 Ser. 7, Vol. xii., October VM}. \ 



Notes on the Natural History of East Flnmark. By Can i 

 A. M. Norman, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 



[Continued from p. 28G.] 

 [riate XXVIL] 



ECHINODERMATA. 



In East Finmark the Echinodermata are very fully repre- 

 sented ; but the percentage of species found by myself in 

 this class is much less than in those classes with which I 

 have already dealt. The reason is obvious. I did not employ 

 the instruments most suitable for their capture, namely, 

 either a trawl or wide-meshed dredge. As usual, I was more 

 intent on the smaller and generally less studied animals, and 

 my fine dredge-bag, quickly filling with mud, passed over 

 comparatively little ground; and therefore the capture of 

 many of the larger animals, such as Echinodermata, was not 

 to be expected. 



I propose in dealing with the Echinodermata to depart 

 from the rule which I have observed in previous parts of 

 these notes of only giving the names of East Finmark 

 species which had not been found by myself, and to briefly 

 indicate their locality and its authority. The authorities on 

 whom I have relied are as follows : — 



1. Danielssen (D, C). — "Beretning om en zoologisk Reise foretagen 



en Sonimeren 1857," Nyt Mag. for Naturvideuskaberne, vol. xi. 

 1861, p. 1. 



2. Sars (Michael). — 'Oversigt af Norges Ecliinodermer,' 1861. 



3. Danielssen (D. C.) and Koren (A.). — {a) Ilolotluu-oidea, (Z») As- 



teroidea, (cj Ecliiuoidea, in ' The INorwegian North-Atlantic 

 Expedition, 1876-1878.' 1882, 1884, and 18^)2. 



4. Grieg (J. A.).— Opliiuroidea in 'The Norwegian North- Atlantic 



Expedition, 1876-1878.' 1893. The word ' Vtiringen ' in the 

 following notes, which was the name of the vessel employed, 

 indicates that the authority is in the Norwegian North-Atlantic 

 Expedition Reports. 



5. Grieg (J. A.). — " Oversigt over det nordlige Norges Echinodermer," 



Bergens Museum Aarbog, 1902. 



6. Ostergren (IIjalmar). — "The Ilolothuroidca of Northern Nor- 



way," Bergens Museum Aarbog (1902), 1903, p. 3. 



A full account of the distribution of the species and full 

 synonymy will be found in the treatises on the different 

 orders in Rumcr and Schaudiu's ' Fauna Arctica.' 



