170 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



yellow markings and black spots," as defended, like its larva and chrysalis, 

 by nauseous qualities.— Ep.] 



ECHINODEKMATA. 



Asterias tessellata, or Scutellated Star-fish.— During the month of 

 January last I received from the Rev. J. Rae, of Lindisfarne, owner and 

 occupier of the property whereon St. Cuthbert lived so many years, a very 

 fine living specimen of Asterias tessellata, a species that I have never found 

 on the east or north-east coast. It is also the first that any of the fishermen 

 of Holy Island can remember having seen. 



The Brittle Star, Ophiura granulata, I have also never seen on this 

 beach, but I have had the species brought from the Farn Islands, where, I 

 am told, it is plentiful. The dimensions of the specimens of 0. granulata 

 sent me were in thickness 1 in., diameter 7£ in., circumference 22 in. — 

 James Sutton (33, Western Hill, Durham). 



[Asterias tessellata is given by Prof. Jeffrey Bell, in his 'Catalogue of 

 the British Echinoderms,' as a synonym of Pentagonaster granularis, 

 Retzius. The same authority gives as its distribution " both sides of 

 North Atlantic; to Arctic Oceau and White Sea on the east." Mr. Percy 

 Sladen, under the synonym of Pentagonaster balteatus, has described the 

 species from the south-west coast of Ireland (lat. 51° V N., long. 11° 50' W.). 

 Forbes, in his ' History of British Starfishes,' does not mention it. 



Ophiura granulata is, according to Prof. Bell (I.e. p. 129), a synonym 

 of Ophiocoma nigra, Abilg., with a distribution as " Scandinavian Seas ; 

 Barents Sea." Forbes (I.e.), under the name of Ophiocoma granulata, 

 records it having been found at Cornwall, Berwick, Strangford Lough, 

 open sea on coasts of Down, Dublin, and Kirkwall Bay, Orkney. Thomp- 

 son (' Natural History of Ireland ') states that it is common on the Dublin 

 coast. — Ed.] 



