134 CATALOGUE OF THE ECHINODEEMATA OF 



living state. The variation is so considerable that I cannot re- 

 concile myself to the idea that it is merely an abnormal growth 

 of the "paxillse" characteristic of the well known species. 



Genus. LUIDIA, {Forbes.) 



1. Luidia Sarsii (Diiben and Koren). 



Luidia Sarsii, Diiben and Koren. Afver sight af Kongs. 

 Vetensk Akad. Forh 1844, p. 113. 



Luidia Savignyi, Diiben and Koren. Skand. Echinod., 

 p. 254. PI. VIII., figs. 23, 24 (but not L. Savignyi, 

 Audouin). 



Luidia Sarsii, Sars. Bidrag til Kundsk. om Middleha- 

 vets Littoral Fauna, p. 102. 



Not uncommon, J. A. Berwick Bay and Seaham, rather rare, 

 G. H. 



Somewhat rare on the Durham coast, odd specimens only 

 being occasionally taken by the dredge at Seaham, all rather 

 small. It however appears to be common off Cullercoats ; for 

 in the autumn of 1866, when staying there, I obtained numerous 

 very fine specimens, many of them of large size, certainly much 

 finer than any I had obtained from other localities. The fisher- 

 men brought large numbers in upon their hooks ; owing however 

 to the rapidity with which this species dismembers itself, only a 

 limited number were obtained in a perfect condition. 



Family. SOLASTRHXE. 

 Genus. SOLASTER, (Forbes.) 



1. Solaster papposus (Linnmus). Sun-star. 



Solaster papposa, Forbes. Brit. Starfishes, p. 112. 



From fishing lines and within tide marks, common, J. A. 



Often taken by the dredge on the Durham coast in ten to 

 twenty-five fathoms. On the rocky parts of our shores it is also 

 frequent between tide marks. It is a very handsome species : 



