1881.] 



PROF. F. J. BELt, ON THE GENUS ASTERIAS. 



497 



(Perrier.) 6. australis, Perrier, = calamariu. Gray. 

 (Verriil.) 7- berylinus, A. Ag., = forbesi, Desor. 

 (Verrill.) 8. borealis, Perrier, = polaris, M. Tr. 

 9. clathrata. Pennant, = rubens, Linn. 

 9a. douglasi, Perrier, = jjolaris^. 



10. fabricii, Perrier, = vulgaris. 



11. gigantea, Stimpson, = katherince. Gray 

 (Perrier.) 12. glacialis, Grube, = tenuispina. Link. 



13. glacialis, Johnston, = rubens, L. 



14. globifera. Gray, = Uniophora globifera. 



15. granifera, Laink., = U. granifera. 



16. Jiolsaiica, Retzius, = rubens, L. 



17. jehennesi, Perrier, = calamaria. Gray. 



18. madeirensis, Stimpson, = webbiana, D'Orb. = gla- 



cialis, O. F. M. 



1 9. minuta, Retzius, = rubens, L. 



20. novce-boracensis, Perrier, = forbesi. 



21. pallida, Perrier, = vulgaris, Packard. 



22. palceocnjsfalhts, Sladen, = Pedicellaster pal(EO~ 

 cry st alius, L. 



23. problema, Steenstrup, = Stichaster albulus. 



24. roseus, O. F. M., = S. roseus. 

 2.5. rubens, Gould (part.), = vulgaris, Packard. 



26. rubens, Stimpson, = vulgaris, Packard. 



27. rubens, Duj. and Hupe (part.), = polaris, M. Tr. 



28. ruslica. Gray, = gelatinosa, Meyen. 



29. savaresii, Delia Chiaje, = tenuispina, Lamk. 



30. spinosa, Say (part.), = vulgaris, Packard. 



31. stimpsoni, Verrill, = vulgaris, Packard. 



32. striatus, M. Tr., = Valvaster striutus. 



33. violacea, O. F. M., = rubens, L. 



34. webbiana, D'Orbigny, = glacialis', O. F. M. 



Sp. inc. sedis. 

 A. microdiscus (Stimpson) ; see Liitken, Ann. N. 

 H. (4) xii. p. 329. 



1 M. Perrier's decision, as communicated to me by letter. 



^ I owe this synonymy to M. Perrier. On comparing the description of 

 D'Orbigny with undoubted specimens of " A. madeirensis," Stimpson, I came to 

 the conclusion that the species were identical. Thinking it remarkable that this 

 resemblance had not before been noted, I wrote to Prof Perrier asking him if he 

 had in the Jardin des Plantes the type of A. webbiana. He answered " J'ai sous les 

 yeux le type de V A. webbiana de d'Orbigny ; mais je suis convaincu, sana 

 pouvoir cependant I'affirmer d'une maniere absolue, que c'est seuieiiient, comme 

 \'A. madeirensia, une forme de VAsterias glacialis" On comparing specimens 

 named by M. Perrier, in the British Museum, of these last two species, I too 

 feel convinced that they are identical. We have, then, 



Asferias glacialis, O. F. Miiller ; Miiller and Troschel, System der Asteriden, 

 p. 44 ; &c. 



Stcllonia webbiana, d'Orbigny, in Webb and Berthelot's lies Canaries, Zool 

 (Moll.), p. 142, pi. ii. figs. 8-13. 



Aster acantliion webbianum, Duj. and Hupe, Echin. p. 350. 



Asterias madeirensis, Stimpson, Proc. Boston, Soc. N._H. 1861-62, p. 263. 



(Verrill.) 



(Perrier.) 



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