Class III. Asteria. 



i iBR. Ovatum — a. Native colour, with the teeth and fome of 

 tftie fpines ; b. bleached ; c. opened to fhevv the internal ftruclure 

 —L'CEuf— Egg— Weft Indies. 



1189. Rotundatum — Le Circulaire — Circular — Eaft Indies. 



1 190. Limatulnm— Les E'pines en Forme de Lime — Blunt File- 

 Tike Spiued — Weft Indies. 



1 191. Snbulatum — Les E'pines en Forme d'Alene — Awl-like 

 ^ined — Weft Indies. 



1 192. Maculatum — Les E r pines Tach6tees^-Spotted red Spined 

 —Mediterranean — R are. 



1 193. Striatum — Les E'pines Longues Strides — Long Striated 

 Spined — Mediterranean — Rare. This has federal of Serpula Lum- 

 briealis, fpecies 1 5, entwined round its fpines. 



1 1 94" Sceptriferum — Les E'pines au Sceptre Couronne — Coro- 

 ronated Sceptre Spined — Tranquebar — M. P. 3051. Extremely 

 fcarce. 



Genus VI. CIDARIS— Turban Ovale— Oval Turbav. 



1 195. Abbreviata — a. The teeth — Les Expiries Courtes, on 

 L' Artichaud — Short Angulated Spined, or Anemony — St. Mauritius 

 — Very rare. This curious fpecies feems to be the link connecting 

 theAfteria with the fchini. Two Specimens , C^rhL tAt-vfA ffu- ty-v^e? an . 



1 196. Clavata— Les E T pines a Mafnies — Club Spined — St. Mau- v 

 dtius — Cidaris Maroccana Mufeum Geverfianum. Very rare. i*n<rli */k 



1 197. Lanceolata — a. With the fpines; b. ditto, very large; 

 c. diverted of the fpines — Les E' pines a Lance. — Lance Spined—^ 

 St. Mauritius — Very fcarce. Jta* J/^^M<^ <rn . 



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Class III. Asteria — L'Etoile be Mter — Sea Star. 



1 1 98. Pileus Jefuiticus— \Le Bonnet de Jefuite— Jefu it's Cap— 

 .Eaft Indies — M. P. 3949. Extremely fcarce. 



1199. Nodofa — La Noueufe — Knobbed — Eaft Indies — Afte- 

 rias Nodofa Linn. M. P. 2062. Very rare. 



1200. Tuberculata — a. Coiled up in form of a ba&et 5 J inches 

 wide, M. P. 3841. b. ditto, fix inches wide; c. but little curled, 

 <)| inches wide — Les Verrues — Tuberculated, or Warted- — Cape 

 jof Good Hope. 



1 20 1. Echinites — Les Longues Epines —Long Spined, 

 Black — Java — Afterias Echinites, Ellis Zooph. p. 206. Tab. 60, 

 61, 62. This curious and very uncommon Sea Star is eleven 

 inches wide, has fixteen rays, which, with the body, are thick 



let with long pin- like fpines, refembling thofe of fome of the *■ 

 p-chinj. M. P. 4032. Extremely fcarce, 



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