72 FOSSIL ASTEROIDEA. 



only plate of the dorsal surface which is larger or more conspicuous than the 

 remainder ; all are covered with a minute uniform granulation of a quite charac- 

 teristic appearance. The anus is almost central in position. It is surrounded 

 by a circlet of plates, amongst which is the centrale. The madreporite is, as 

 usual, situated in the next (clockwise) interradius, almost halfway between the 

 centrale and the margin. It is a triangular plate, the apex of the triangle being 

 a markedly acute angle. 



The arms are well produced. R : r : : 30 mm. + : 9 mm. Their breadth at the 

 base is 9 mm. Radialia, adradialia, and dorso-lateralia extend into the base of the 

 arms. The dorso-lateralia soon disappear, but the adradialia persist as far as the 

 seventh or eighth supero-marginal plate. When the adradials disappear the radialia 

 become larger. They are at this point 1 mm. broad and 1*1 mm. long and 

 therefore appear almost square. 



The supero-marginalia are oblong plates of curiously uniform size in the portions 

 of the specimen preserved. They are 1*6 mm. long and from 1*2 mm. to 1*3 mm. 

 broad. The infero-marginalia are of the same length and are opposite to the 

 supero-marginalia. In lateral view the supero-marginalia appear higher than the 

 inferior series. Both series are ornamented with a number of small, fine granules 

 which are uniformly distributed over their surfaces. 



The ventral surface is concave. The ventro-lateral plates are rhomboidal in 

 the region of the mouth. They become polygonal and crowded as they approach 

 the margin. Some of these plates extend into the base of the arms. Around the 

 edges of the plates spinelets are visible. The spines of the adambulacral plates are 

 still present. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make out their exact distribution. 

 The mouth-angle plates are not prominent. 



There is no trace in this species of such valvate pedicellarise as characterise 

 G. Gom/ptoni. 



Benin rls. — Gray compared this species with Coelaster, Agassiz. 1 The rather 

 vague diagnosis of Coelaster given by Agassiz renders exact identification impossible. 



Locality and Stratigraphical Position. — Upper Greensand of Blackdown. Also 

 in the Upper Greensand at Folkestone (observed by Forbes). 



1 Agassiz, 'Annales des Sciences Naturelles,' 1837. Translated in ' Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History,' vol. i, 1838. 



