Dr. F. A. Bather — On Edrioasteroidea. 



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The grooves reach the periphery, but do not curve round it or pass 

 over it. They would therefore have been invisible from the under 

 surface. The left posterior groove attained a length of 19 mm. from 

 the actinal pole ; the left anterior and right posterior were about 

 1"5 mm. .shorter ; the others are too imperfect to measure accurately. 



/ distal ^ 



covering flooring interradial 

 plates \ plates plates 



distal 



food , 

 groove ' P°'^^ 

 '^ proximal 



distal 



■ proximal - 



SuBVECTiVE Skeleton of Lebetodisciis Dichsoni. 



Fig. 1. — Portion of a ray, showing relations of covering-plates to food-groove and 

 flooring-plates ; slightly diagrammatised, x 6 diameters. 



Fig. 2. — Portion of a ray, seen in three-quarter perspective, showing covering- 

 plates and the excavation of the flooring-plates ; slightly diagrammatic. 

 X 20 diam. 



Fig. 3. — Portion of the anterior ray, showing how pores are formed hy lateral 

 excavation of flooring-plates ; sketched under the microscope, x 6 diam. 



Fig. 4. — Similar appearances in another part of the same ray, with some covering- 

 plates ; sketched under the microscope, x 6 diam. 



(All drawings made from Bigsby's specimen.) 



The skeleton of the subvective grooves is stout and raised above the 

 general surface to a height of about 1 '2 mm. in their proximal regions. 

 The width near their proximal ends is 2'8 mm. ; they taper gradually 

 distalwards, and are rounded off rather bluntly. Each is clearly seen 



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