1S4 ASTERIAS. SEA^STAR. Class VI. 



22. Pecti- Gto. ZJM. 3166. Adams in Lin. Tr. V. 10.* 



NATA. Stella decacnemos barbata, seu A. decacnemos. Br. ZooL 



Pectinated. fimhrhta.Barrelier. Lhickii, iv. 66. 



p. 5b. ial. xxii.v'n.Jig. ()4/. ; 



AsT. with ten very slender rays, with numbers 

 of long beards on the sides ; the body small, sur- 

 rounded beneath with ten small filiform rays. 



Inhabits the western coasts of Scotland, and 

 is very common in Milford Haven. Tab. xxxv. 



23. Endeca. Gm. Lin. 3l62. Linckii, t. 14. t. 25. t. 15, 16. 



Sow. Br. Misc. tal. 24. /. 26. t. 17. /. 27. 



* AsT. with nine oblong, tapering rays, gene- 

 rally distinct, five, three, one ; of a purplish 

 brown color above; every part covered with 

 pectinated tubercles ; of a paler color beneath ; 

 diameter above three inches. 



It varies with five, eight, or ten rays. 



Found by James Brodie, Esq. in the Moray 

 Frith. '. 



* A very accurate description of this species is given by Mr. 

 Adams, on whose authority the editor has adopted the Linncean 

 trivial name. Ed. 



