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Older III.— ASTEEOIDEA. 



AsTROPECTEN IREEGULAEIS, ISTorman (Pennant). 



Asterias aurantiaca, Forbes, Brit. Starf. 

 Astropecten irregularis, Norman, loc. cit. 



Not common. Skelmorlie Bank. Off Cumbrae. Off 

 Ardrossan. Off Portincross Point, 20 fathoms, common. 

 Occasionally plentiful in sand at low water, Cumbrae (David 

 Eobertson). Loch Goil, 5J fathoms, hard ground. A speci- 

 men taken on the Skelmorlie Bank had the stomach packed 

 with shells of Naiicct Montacuti and Venus ovata, 47 being- 

 extracted. 



LuiDiA Savignii,^ Mull, and Tr. (Audouin). 



Luidia fragilissima, Forbes, Brit. Starf. 



,, Savignii, Mlill. and Trosch., Syst. der Aster,, 1842. 



Firfch of Clyde (Korman), Arran (W. C. Trevelyan). 

 Lamlash Bay, not uncommon. Off Cumbrae, especially on 

 Zostera beds, not common (David Eobertson), 



Palmipes membranaceus^ Korman (Linck). 



Pahnipes mcmhranaeeus, Forbes, Brit. Starf. 

 ,, placenta, Norman, op. cit 



Off Cumbrae, rare (David Eobertson). Lamlash Bay, not 

 uncommon. Off Holy Island, Arran. 



AsTERlNA GiBBOSA (Pennant), Forbes. 



Asterin-a gihhosa, Forbes, Brit. Starf. ; Norman, loc. cit 



Several localities in Arran between tidemarks (Lands- 

 borough). A small variety in pools at half tide near the 

 castle, Little Cumbrae, where it was first found by David 

 Eobertson. 



^ ^* Luidia ciliaris (Philippi), Gray, is probably here intended : L. fragil- 

 issima, Forbes, included two species, L. ciliaris (Phil.) and L. Sarsii, 

 D. & K. ; L. Savignyi, Aud,, from the Red Sea and Africa is, in my opinion, 

 distinct."— W. P, S. 



