A llevLHcA Lid of Jji-'dlalt Kcljiuoidca. 417 



" Porcupine" (1809), SbH. G7-70, 01-75 fins. (Thomson,' \). W. 

 of Shetland, "Porcupine" (1809), St. 71, 103 fniH. (Copenhagen 

 Mils.). W. and S. of Shetland, 0-85 fniH. (Peakcey). Off N. 

 Kona, " Knight Errant," St. 3, 53 fms. (Agashiz, 4). Off Cape 

 Wrath, 300 fm.s. ("Porcupine" Exp., /t</^ Agashiz, 2). North 

 Sea (Brit. Muh.). W. of Ireland, "Porcupine" (1809), St. 17, 

 1230 fms. S.-W. of Ireland, 400 fms. (Bkll, 4). Off Valentin, 

 St. 2, 808 fms. Off the mouth of the English Channel, " Por- 

 cupine " (1870), St. 3, 090 fms. (Thomson, 1). 



Other Localit'kff. — Norway, 80-450 fms. (Saks ; Copenhagen 

 Mus. ; Coll. Nouman; Grieg). Coast of U.S.A., 888-1497 fms. 

 (Verrill); "very common in 1242 fms," (Agassiz, 5). Florirla 

 Gulf Stream, 195 fms. (Pourtales, fide Agassiz, 2). S. of 

 Halifax, Nova Scotia, "Challenger," Sts. 40 and 47, 1350 and 

 1340 fms. Off Jai^an, Sts. 232 and 235, 345 and 505 fms. Ofl' 

 Patagonia, St. 308, 175 fms. (Agassiz, 3). 



Variety. — Var. rartHpina, Sars, 40 miles off Valentia, 110 fms. 

 (Thomson, 1 ; Coll. Norman). 



10. Echinus miliaris, P. L. S. Miiller. 



1771. Echiiiwi miliaris, P. L. S, Miiller, in Kiiorr, Df-lic. nat. select., 



pi. D. 

 1S41. ,, ,, Forbes, Brit, Starf., p. 161, cut. 



1844, ,, virens, Diihen & Koren, Skand. Ecliin., p. 274, pi. x., 



figs, 43-4.5, 

 1872. ,, rnilio/ris, Agassiz, Rev. Ecliin., pp. 12.5, 495, pi. xxv., 



fig. 11. 



Diagnosis. 



Test reddish, with yellow tubercles ; primaries riiuch larger 

 than secondaries, and forming twenty prominent rays on the bare 

 shell ; rows of pores much less regular than in E. esculentus ; 

 primary spines usually with ])urple tips, or wholly dark green, or 

 dark green with brown tips. The form is more depressed than in 

 most specimens of U. esculentus. 



Distribution. 



British Seas. — Irish Sea, west of Scotland, Orkney, North 

 Ireland, Guernsey (Forbes, 1). Shetland (Norman, 1 ; Brit. 

 Mus.), 15-30 fms. (Forbes, 2). Off Ossa Skerry, 50 fms. 

 (Pearcey). Orkney (Forbes, 1). N.-W. Scotland, 8-20 fms. ; 

 Hebrides, 4-25 fms. (Forbes, 2; Norman, 2). Upper Loch Torridon 



^ A specimen from St. 67 is preserved in the Copenhagen Museum. 



