34 BULLETIN : MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



Kubingii throughout the paper) as identical witli multiradiata Gray, while 

 H. canopus Perrier is not mentioned. By a curious slip of the pen, VerrilPs 

 paper of 1869 is quoted as Amer. Jour. Sci. instead of Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist. 



1889. Ives, J. E. 



Catalogue of the Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea in the Collection of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1889, p. 169-179. Philadelphia. 



On p. 170 " H. helianthus Lam., microbrachia Xantus, multiradiata Gray 

 (= Kubiiniji Xantus) " are listed under the Asteriidae. 



1889. Sladen, W. Percy. 



Report on the Asteroidea collected by H. M. S. " Challenger" during 

 the years 1S73-1876. Kept. Sci. Results Voy. H. M. S. " Challenger." 

 32 vols. 30, xlii, 893 pp., 118 plates. Edinburgh and London. 



This magnificent monograph contains numerous references (p. xiii, 

 xx, xxi, xxxix, xlii, 555, 556, 671, 686, 690, 701, 812, 813) to the anat- 

 omy, systematic position, and geographical distribution of Heliaster and 

 the Heliasteridae. The author is very sceptical as to whether the genus 

 contains more than a single species, and speaks several times of the 

 " so-called " species. 



1891. Perrier, Edmond. 



Echinodermes I. Stellerides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 6. 

 Zoologie, p. K 1-K 198, plates 1-13. Paris. 



On p. K 60, K 61, and K 67 are references to the number of rays, and 

 formation of new rays, in Heliaster. 



1892. Meissner, Maximillian. 



Asteriden gesatnmelt von Herrn Stabsartz Dr. Sander auf der Reise 

 S. M. S. "Prinz Adalbert." Arch. f. Naturg. Jahrgang 58, 1, p. 183- 

 190, plate 12. Berlin. 



On p. 184 nine examples of H. helianthus Lam., with from 30 to 38 

 rays each, are recorded from Callao, Peru. 



1893. Perrier, Edmond. 



Traite de Zoologie. Paris. 



On p. 781 and 847 are unimportant references to Heliaster. 



1894. Lang, Arnold. 



Lehrbuch der Yergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbellosen Thiere. — 

 Echinodermata. p. 871-1154. Jena. 



On p. 884 is this: 7. Familie. Heliasteridae. Mit zahlreichen, kurzen- 

 armen. Heliaster. 



