356 Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society. 



Family Asterocheeid^. 1 

 Genus (97) Asterocheres, Boeck, 1859. 



239. Asterocheres Lilljeborgi, Boeck. 



1859. Asterocheres Lilljcborgi, Boeck, Forhandl. Vid.-Selsk. Chr. 



(1859), p. 6, pi. ii. figs. 1-11. 

 1880. Artotrogus Lilljeborgi, Brady, Monograph, vol. iii. p. 64. 



Hob. — Firth of Forth; rare (cf. Giesbrecht, Aster ocheridaz, 

 pp. 70 and 73). 



240. Asterocheres echinicola (Norman). 



1869. Ascomyzon echinicola, Norman, Brit. Assoc. Rept. for 1868, 



p. 300. 

 1880. Cyclopicera lata, Brady, I. c, vol. iii. p. 56, pi. lxxxix. fig. 



12; pi. xc. figs. 11-14. 

 1893. ,, ,, T. Scott, Eleventh F. B. Rept., pt. iii. 



p. 210, pi. iii. figs. 41 and 42. 



Hob. — Obtained, in 1889, by washing a number of Sponges 

 in methylated spirit; the sponges were dredged in Aberlady 

 Bay. 



241. Asterocheres Boeckii (G. S. Brady). 



1880. Artotrogus Boeckii, Brady, I. «., vol. iii. p. 60, pi. xci. figs. 

 1-9. 



Hab. — Obtained at Granton Harbour in the water-passages 

 of Sponges (Chalina oculata) growing on the walls of the 

 pier; frequent. 



1 In Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, Monograph 25, the Astero- 

 cheridse, by Dr W. Giesbrecht (1899), the Forth species belonging to this 

 family are for the most part described and figured by the author; and he 

 also refers to their Scottish habitats in his remarks on the distribution of the 

 various forms. The reader should consult this fine work, which contains a 

 full synonymy and other information. 



