BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS. 225 



a few hours. The splitting up and evisceration must not be 

 delayed too long or decomposition rapidly sets in : if the fish can- 

 not be attended to at once, they should be kept in warm water, 

 and not exposed to the sun. 



AsTERiAD.E, SxARPisnES, BRITTLE Stars, &c. — The following 

 list includes all the species identified by me, as well as some which 

 I take from the list of M. Edmund Perrier.f 



AsTERlAS TENUISPINA, Lamarck. 



Calvasterias asterinoides, Pei-rier. 



*ACANTHASTER ECHINITES, Gray. 



ClBRELLA ORNATA, Perrier. 

 ECHINASTER ERIDANELLA, Valenc. 



E. FALLAX, Mull, and Trosch. 

 *MiTHRODiA CLAVIGERA, Lamarck. 

 *Fromia milleporella, Lamarck. 



F. MONiLis, Valenc. 

 Metrodira subulata, Lamarck. 



*LiNKiA DIPLAX, Miill. and Trosch. 



*L. MiLiARis, Linck. 



*L. multifora, Lamarck. 



L. pacifica, Gray. 



L. PAUCiFORis, von Mar-tens. 



L. ROSENBERGi, von Mai'tens. 

 *Scytaster ^gyptiacus, Gray. 



S. TUBERCULATUS, Mull, and Trosch. 



*S. VARIOLATUS. 



Ophidiaster PUSILLU8, MUll. and Trosch. 



tNouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Deuxiemc Stirie. 

 Tome I., 1878. 

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