on btont's in shallow rocky ywols, and 



are to be found from 



Juno to Decenil)er. 'Yhi^v are partlc 



•ularlv AM-11 adapted 



for study, ina.n.uch as after the yoni 



lii leave the eoi^-case 



they do not SNvin. away but remain roi 



Lind a])Out the empty 



egg-cases and ne\ei- leave until they ; 



i..ume the true .tar- 



fish form. The lar^te are remarkabl 



v hardy and may ))e 



kept in confinement without change 



\)f water until they 



have passed through the lar\ al stage-. 



. (W.) A. reqvlaris 



Yerrill, is not found in Port Jackson 



. the" good serie." 



mentioned in the "Alert" Report a 



re ^ery probabh A. 



62 A. PKXiciLLATA, M. ct T., System Aster. 



,18^2, p. t2, Xo. 9. 



Kare, Watsons P3ay; Rose Bav, (W 



) 



G3 A. SP. Allied to the last Imt distinct f 



rom it. Rare, Rose 



Bay, (W.) 





64 NEPANrniv I'.ku unn. P<..rier, 1.. ., Vol. 



v., p. 240 ; " Alert," 



Report, p. 131. PJ. 





Order CRYPTOZONIA. 

 Family STICfrASTERIIDyE. 

 65 Sticitastkupolyplw, M.cVtT., Arch.f. Xatur., 1S4;} ; Sladen, 

 C.R., Vol. x\x., p. 792. Under stones, Watson's Bay ; 

 Chowder Bay; Cabbage Tree Bav. Specimens in the 

 harboui- are as a rule very small, those from the outride are 

 often much larger. (W.) 



J-anniy KCHTXASTERl DiE. 

 Plectastkh Di:cANL-h, M. .V T., Arch. f. Nat., 1S4:5, Uand i., 

 p. 114, figured in the "Sydney Mail," N<)\. -"'rd, L'^^S, p. 

 936 ; C.R., Vol. \\\., p. sl 2. Dredged oft Dobroyd Point , 

 ofl- George's Head, (Dr. E. P. Ramsay). Under stones, 

 Shark Island, (Mr. Hunt); Vaucluse Point (Mr. I.ea). 



ASTKRIID/E. 



Zool. Kxp. HeN.Steil., Vol. 

 laSoc. Phy. et Hist. Nat., <; 

 4, pi. \ii., f. 12. Very con 

 under stones at low tide, Fai 



