26 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



1767. Davila, P. F. 



Catalogue systematique et raissone des Curiosites de la Nature et de 

 l'Art, qui composent le Cabinet de M. Davila, etc. 3 vols. 1. Paris. 



On p. 462-463 reference is made to three starfishes called " Tourne- 

 sols," with 13, 37, and 38 rays, and brief descriptions are given of them ; it 

 is obvious that the two latter are Heliasters and it is fair to assume that 

 they are H. helianthus (Lamarck) as that species was known in Paris, and 

 was figured not many years later. 



1791. Bruguiere, J. S. 



Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, etc. Paris. 



The two figures on plates 108 and 109 are fair abactinal and actinal 

 views of a Heliaster helianthus (Lam.) with 29 rays. 



1816. Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de Monnet de 



Histoire Naturelle des Aniinaux sans Vertebres, etc 7 vols. 2. 

 Paris. 



On p. 558 Asterie helianthe, Asterias helianthus, is given as the twentieth 

 species of Asterias ; it is said to have 30-36 rays (though reference is made 

 to the figure of Bruguiere, which has only 29) and to reach a diameter of 

 14-16 cm. ; no locality is given. 



1817. Cuvier, G. L. C. F. D. 



Le Regne Animal, etc. 4 vols. 4. Paris. 



On p. 11, Asterias helianthus Lam. is listed but no information is given. 



The numerous other editions and translations of Lamarck's and Cuvier's 

 '.' great works afford us no further information and there are no changes 

 save that in the " Deuxieme Edition" (1840) of Lamarck the starfish is 

 called " Asterie heliante," which is probably a misprint, and reference is 

 made to the names Solasterias de Blainville and Stellonia Nardo, though 

 neither is adopted; and in the German translation of Cuvier by Voigt 

 (Das Thierreich, 1843) the species helianthus is listed under Aster acanthion, 

 following Miiller and Troschel. 



1824. Bory de Saint-Vincent. 



Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique, etc. Paris. 

 On p. 140 is the text to accompany the plates of Bruguiere (1791), as 

 follows : 



Plate 108. Asterie, Asterias. 1-2. Asterias Helianthus, Lam., 2, 



558. (dessus). 



Plate 109. Asterie, Asterias. 1-2. Asterias Helianthus, Lam., loc cit. 



(dessous). 



1824. Lamouroux, Bory de St. Vincent et Eud. Deslongchamps. 

 Encyclopedic Methodique. 10 vols. 2. Paris. 

 On p. 119 is a direct quotation from Lamarck (1816) with the added 

 note, " L'on ne connoit point son habitation." 



