MAM.MALS ETC. FROM THE MERGUI ARCHIPELAGO. 331 



DESCRIPTION O 

 Fig. 1. Astropecten Andersoni, n. sp. 



5. Astropecten notograptus, n. sp. 



9. Nepanthia sitffarcinata, n. sp. 



PLATE XXVIII. 



Abactinal aspect, magnified \\ dia- 

 meters. 



Actinal aspect, magnified 1^ diameters. 



A portion of the abactinal surface, 

 magnified 15 diameters. 



Adambulacral and infero-marginal 

 plates, magnified 8 diameters. 



Abactinal aspect, magnified 3 dia- 

 meters. 



Actinal aspect, magnified 3 dia- 

 meters. 



A portion of the abactinal surface, 

 magnified 40 diameters. 



Adambulacral and infero-marginal 

 plates, magnified 14 diameters. 



Abactinal aspect, magnified 1^ dia- 

 meters. 



Actinal aspect, magnified 1£ diameters. 



A portion of the abactinal surface, 

 magnified 15 diameters. 



Adambulacral plates and adjacent por- 

 tion of the actinal surface, magni- 

 fied 15 diameters. 



Report on the Mammals, Reptiles, and Batrachians, chiefly from 

 the Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the 

 Indian Museum. By John Anderson, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 E.L.S., E.Z.S., &c. 



[Read 20th June, 1889.] 



As the object of the Expedition sent by the Indian Museum to 

 Mergui was to bring together materials for the illustration of the 

 marine fauna of that portion of the Bay of Bengal, it was impos- 

 sible to undertake a systematic investigation of the vertebrate 

 fauna of the islands themselves. 



A small collection, however, of Mammals, Reptiles, and Batra- 

 chians was formed, and it is now proposed to place the names of 

 the species on record. The Mammalia number 23, the Reptilia 53, 

 ' and the Batrachia 12 species. 



