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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. 



AsTEMADiE, Starfishes, Brittle Stars, &c. — The following 

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

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



Asterias tenuispina, Lamarck. 



Calvasterias asterinoides, Perrier. 



*Acanthaster echinites, Gray. 



Cibrella ornata, Perrier. 



ECHINASTER ERIDANELLA, Yalenc. 



E. EALLAX, 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. PACIPICA, Gray. 



L. PAUCIPORIS, von Martens. 



L. rosenbergi, von Martens. 



*SCYTASTER ^GYPTIACUS, Gray. 



S. tuberculatus, Mull, and Trosch. 



*S. VARIOLATUS. 



Ophidiaster pusillus, Miill. and Trosch. 



tNouvelles Archives du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Deuxieme Serie. 

 Tome I., 1878. 



