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[Psilaster andromeda (M. & Tr.).] 



. . . iv., . yi. 



iv. H.M. S. "Eesearch" 1889, 400 fms. (Bell '90) : E. I. A. Exp. 



1888 (Sladen '91). 

 vi. R. D. S. Fish. Sui-vey 1891, off Black Eock, Blacksod Bay, 500 

 fms. (BeU '92). 

 Bistrihution. — Scandinavia to Bay of Biscay. Azores. Caj^e Yerde. 

 !N". America. 



luidia ciliaris (Philippi). {L. fragiUissima Torbes B. S. (pars).) 

 . . iii., iv., T,, vi. 



iii. Youghal (Ball, f. Thompson '40 a; Humplu'eys '45) : Glandoie, 

 not unf requent (AUman, f. Thompson '56) : south coast of Ire- 

 land, not UD frequent (Wright & Greene '59). 

 iv., V. Generally distributed. 



vi. R.D. S. Fish. Sui-vey 1891, Donegal Bay, 32 fms. (Holt '92). 

 Distribution. — Faroe to Cape Yerde. Mediterranean. 

 A single specimen of Bipinnaria asterigera Sars (Lai'val stage of 

 Luidia) "svas taken in Yalentia Harbour in ^Xovember 1895 

 (Browne 1900). 



Luidia sarsi, Diib. & Kor. {L. fragiUissima Forbes B. S. (pars).) 

 . . . iv., v., vi. 

 iv., V. Generally distributed. 



^•i. E. D. S. Fish. Survey 1890-91, Donegal Bay, 33-37 fms. ( J ell '92). 

 Distribution. — Norway to Cape Yerde. Mediterranean. 



Family — Pexiagoxasteeidje. 



[Pentagonaster granularis (Eetz.).] 



. . . iv., . . 



iv. E. I. A. Exp. 1888, 750 fms. (Sladen '91 sub P. balteatus n. sp. 

 and P. concinnus n. sp.). 



Distribution. — Both sides of i^orth Atlantic. 



Ludwig regards P. balteatus and P. concinnus as possibly identical 

 with P. hystricis Marenzeller of the Mediterranean and Bay of 

 Biscay, and not as synonyms of P. granularis. 



