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November 27, 1907. One specimen with twelve arms 
65 mm. long, one ray bearing two 4 (3 +- 4) II Br series; the cirri 
are XVI, 17—18, 10 mm. to 17 mm. long. Another specimen of 
the same Eulima was attached to one of the cirri of this specimen 
near the båse on the dorsal side. 
January9,1908. Three specimens, one of which is very small. 
Nicobar Islands; Galathea Expedition. One specimen. 
Anjer, Java. . One specimen. 
There appears to be no valid difference between multiradiata 
and fimbriata. The supposedly more oblong brachials of the latter 
are really only an indication of greater maturity of individual 
specimens. This character is more pronounced in åa large specimen 
at hand from the Philippine Island with thirty-three arms which 
could not possibly be referred to /fimbriata. . The number of arms 
cannot be used as a distinguishing character, for absolutely no 
line can be drawn between specimens with twelve and others with 
Ahirty; from fifteen to twenty-five is the usual number. The 
cirri themselves afford no differential characters. Bell's coppin- 
geri is merely the young of multiradiata-fimbriata; the series be- 
fore. me exhibits all the intergrading. stages; Grube's borneensis 
" is also a synonym, as is Dujardin and Hupé's Comatula coc- 
"codistoma. 
It is rather strange that the only reference to this species to 
be found in Linnæus is always inserted under Asterias pectinata; 
but the type specimen at Lund described by Retzius and Carpenter 
of course fixes the name.  Including, as he did, a figure of the 
species represented by the type specimen of multiradiata among 
his -citations. to the literature of pectinata it is no wonder that 
Linnæus suggested that multiradiata might be only a variety 
of pectinata! The three. species, included in two genera, thrown 
together to make up the composite  pectinata had, twenty-five 
Fears before, been considered as two genera and three species by 
Linckius, just-as-we now consider them. Had Linnæus been content 
to follow Linckius a vast amount of trouble would have been saved. 
